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Welcome to Lakota ...

Lakota is located in King County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lakota, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1915.

Lakota is 30 feet [9 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Lakota lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Lakota: 253 & 564<3>

Communities Also Named Lakota ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Lakota - they are located in Iowa, North Dakota, Texas, Utah and Virginia.

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

Communities near Lakota ...

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

  • Seattle
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Tacoma
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Kent
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
    • Kent is located in King County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 130,676 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kent <4>
  • Renton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Auburn
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Lakewood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Burien
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Puyallup
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • University Place
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Des Moines
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lakota ...

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

Adding Lakota to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lakota post office opened in 1915. The Lakota post office closed in 1934.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lakota.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including King, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lakota - 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 253 code has been Overlayed with the 564 area code. New phone numbers in the Lakota area will be assigned with one of these codes: 253 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Lakota 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 their list with background information can be found at:

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