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Welcome to Lakeville ...

Lakeville is located in Livingston County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lakeville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1827.

Lakeville is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Lakeville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Lakeville: 585

Communities Also Named Lakeville ...

While we believe that this Lakeville is located in Livingston County, we know of another 3 New York communities named Lakeville. Those communities are located in the following counties: Chenango, Nassau and Orange County.

Beyond New York, there are 22 communities that are also named Lakeville - they are located in California, Connecticut, Florida (2), Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Brunswick (2), Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania (2), Prince Edward Island and Wisconsin.

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

Websites for Lakeville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.livchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Lakeville, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Lakeville ...

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

  • Geneseo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Dansville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dansville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dansville
    • Dansville is located in Livingston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,334 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dansville <3>
  • Le Roy
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Le Roy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Roy
    • Le Roy is located in Genesee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,233 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Le Roy <3>
  • Perry
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
    • Perry is located in Wyoming County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perry <3>
  • Avon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
    • Avon is located in Livingston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
  • Honeoye Falls
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Morris
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Victor
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Victor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
    • Victor is located in Ontario County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,671 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Victor <3>
  • Caledonia
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Lima
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
    • Lima is located in Livingston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,008 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lima <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lakeville ...

Looking for more information about Lakeville? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Lakeville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Lakeville.

Adding Lakeville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lakeville 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 Lakeville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Lakeville post office opened in 1827.

We also found Lakeville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lakeville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Livingston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lakeville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/