Do you know of Lake City ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Lake City. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Lake City.<1>

Our sources for Lake City (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Lake City other than they indicate that Lake City would be found somewhere in Missoula County, Montana.

Communities Also Named Lake City ...

We found 26 communities that share the name Lake City.

Within Montana, the name Lake City is unique.

Beyond Montana, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Craighead County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Lake City [Craighead County].
- California
  - Modoc County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Lake City [Modoc County].
  - Nevada County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Lake City [Nevada County].
- Colorado
  - Hinsdale County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Lake City [Hinsdale County].
- Florida
  - Columbia County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Lake City [Columbia County].
- Georgia
  - Clayton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Lake City [Clayton County].
- Illinois
  - Moultrie County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Lake City [Moultrie County].
- Iowa
  - Calhoun County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Lake City [Calhoun County].
- Kansas
  - Barber County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lake City [Barber County].
  - Franklin County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lake City [Franklin County].
- Kentucky
  - Livingston County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Lake City [Livingston County].
- Maine
  - Knox County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Lake City [Knox County].
- Michigan
  - Missaukee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Lake City [Missaukee County].
- Minnesota
  - Wabasha County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Lake City [Wabasha County].
- Mississippi
  - Humphreys County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Lake City [Humphreys County].
  - Prentiss County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Lake City [Prentiss County].
- Missouri
  - Jackson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Lake City [Jackson County].
- Nebraska
  - Holt County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Lake City [Holt County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Elk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Lake City [Elk County].
  - Erie County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Lake City [Erie County].
- South Carolina
  - Florence County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Lake City [Florence County].
- South Dakota
  - Marshall County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Lake City [Marshall County].
  - Minnehaha County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Lake City [Minnehaha County].
- Texas
  - San Patricio County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Lake City [San Patricio County].
- Washington
  - King County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Lake City [King County].
  - Pierce County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Lake City [Pierce County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lake City ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Lake City:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Lake City - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in Missoula County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Missoula County.

Footnotes ...

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This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Lake City could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.