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Welcome to Lakeville ...

Lakeville is located in Orange County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lakeville, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Lakeville is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lakeville: 845 & 329<3>

Communities Also Named Lakeville ...

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

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.

  • Spring Valley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Palm Tree
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Palm Tree is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Tree
  • Kiryas Joel
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Kiryas Joel is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiryas Joel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,953 people
  • Middletown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Ridgewood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ridgewood is located in Bergen County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,915 people
  • Peekskill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Haverstraw
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Woodbury
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodbury is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,058 people
  • Suffern
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • West Haverstraw
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • West Haverstraw is located in Rockland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haverstraw
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,167 people

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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lakeville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with 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 (so far) for Lakeville was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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 Orange, 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>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 845 code has been Overlayed with the 329 area code. New phone numbers in the Lakeville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 845 or 329. As a result, placing a call in the Lakeville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.