Welcome to Lakeland ...Lakeland is located in Shelby County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Lakeland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857. Lakeland is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Lakeland lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Lakeland ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Lakeland: This one is located in Shelby County and the other is located in Miller County. Beyond Missouri, there are 30 communities that are also named Lakeland - they are located in Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Manitoba, Maryland (3), Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York (2), Nova Scotia, Ohio (3), South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2), Utah, Virginia (2) and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lakeland. Communities near Lakeland ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lakeland.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lakeland. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lakeland. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lakeland. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lakeland. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lakeland. See our Newspapers Page for Lakeland. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lakeland ...Looking for more information about Lakeland? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lakeland, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lakeland. Adding Lakeland to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Lakeland in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Lakeland was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Lakeland. Footnotes ...
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