Welcome to Lakeside ...

Lakeside is located in Roosevelt County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lakeside, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1907.

Lakeside is 1,900 feet [579 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Lakeside lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Lakeside (for example, toward Williston (ND)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Lakeside: 406

Communities Also Named Lakeside ...

While we believe that this Lakeside is located in Roosevelt County, we know of another 2 Montana communities named Lakeside. Those communities are located in the following counties: Flathead and Lewis and Clark County.

Beyond Montana, there are 98 communities that are also named Lakeside - they are located in Arizona (2), Arkansas (4), California, Colorado (2), Connecticut (2), Florida (3), Georgia (5), Indiana (2), Iowa (2), Kansas, Louisiana (3), Maryland, Massachusetts (2), Michigan (7), Minnesota (2), Mississippi (2), Missouri (3), Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire (2), New Jersey (2), New York (3), North Carolina (4), Nova Scotia (3), Ohio (4), Oklahoma (2), Ontario (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Quebec, South Carolina (5), South Dakota, Tennessee (4), Texas (6), Utah (2), Vermont, Virginia (3), Washington and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lakeside.

Communities near Lakeside ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lakeside.

• Fairview
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
  • Fairview is located in Richland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 882 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairview <4>
• Culbertson
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culbertson
  • Culbertson is located in Roosevelt County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Culbertson <4>
• Bainville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bainville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainville
  • Bainville is located in Roosevelt County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bainville <4>
• Dore
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dore
  • Dore is located in McKenzie County (ND)
• McCabe
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCabe
  • McCabe is located in Roosevelt County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McCabe <4>
• Trenton
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
  • Trenton is located in Williams County (ND)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trenton <4>
• Harding
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harding. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
  • Harding is located in McKenzie County (ND)
• Cartwright
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
  • Cartwright is located in McKenzie County (ND)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cartwright <4>
• Froid
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Froid have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Froid
  • Froid is located in Roosevelt County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Froid <4>
• Sidney
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
  • Sidney is located in Richland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,297 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sidney <4>

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 Lakeside. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lakeside.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lakeside. 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 Lakeside.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lakeside. See our Newspapers Page for Lakeside.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lakeside ...

Looking for more information about Lakeside? 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 Lakeside, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lakeside.

Adding Lakeside to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lakeside in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lakeside was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Lakeside post office opened in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lakeside.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lakeside. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/