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Welcome to Lake Shore ...

Lake Shore is located in Utah County<1>.

Lake Shore was established in 1860.

Lake Shore is 4,520 feet [1,378 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Lake Shore is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Lake Shore: 801 & 385<3>

Communities Also Named Lake Shore ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Utah communities named Lake Shore: This one is located in Utah County and the other is located in Davis County.

Beyond Utah, there are 19 communities that are also named Lake Shore - they are located in Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas (2), Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan (2), Minnesota (2), Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Washington.

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

Communities near Lake Shore ...

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

  • Provo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Provo is located in Utah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 116,295 people
    • Former names for Provo:
    • Fort Provo
    • Fort Utah
    • Provo has also been known as:
    • Provo City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Provo <4>
  • Orem
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Orem is located in Utah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orem
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 98,970 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orem <4>
  • Eagle Mountain
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Spanish Fork
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Spanish Fork is located in Utah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fork
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,268 people
    • Spanish Fork has also been known as:
    • Spanish Fork City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spanish Fork <4>
  • Pleasant Grove
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Saratoga Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • American Fork
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • American Fork is located in Utah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Fork
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,896 people
    • Former names for American Fork:
    • Lake City
    • McArthursville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for American Fork <4>
  • Springville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Payson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Payson is located in Utah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,033 people
    • Former names for Payson:
    • Fort Peteetneet
    • Pacen
    • Peteetneet
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payson <4>
  • Santaquin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lake Shore ...

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

Adding Lake Shore to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lake Shore post office opened in 1887. The Lake Shore post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lake Shore.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Utah's counties, including Utah, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lake Shore - 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 801 code has been Overlayed with the 385 area code. New phone numbers in the Lake Shore area will be assigned with one of these codes: 801 or 385. As a result, placing a call in the Lake Shore 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.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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