Welcome to Lakeview ...

Lakeview is located in Dane County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lakeview, you might consider that their post office opened in 1848.

Lakeview is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Lakeview lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Lakeview: 608 & 353<3>

Communities Also Named Lakeview ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Wisconsin communities named Lakeview: This one is located in Dane County and the other is located in La Crosse County.

Beyond Wisconsin, there are 110 communities that are also named Lakeview - they are located in Alabama (8), Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, Arkansas (3), California (5), Colorado, Florida, Georgia (5), Idaho, Illinois (2), Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana (3), Maryland (3), Massachusetts (2), Michigan (4), Mississippi, Missouri (4), Montana (3), Nevada (2), New Brunswick (2), New Jersey, New York (3), Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina (3), Nova Scotia (4), Ohio (4), Oklahoma, Ontario (3), Oregon, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Saskatchewan, South Carolina (2), South Dakota, Tennessee (6), Texas (12), Utah (2), Virginia (3), Washington (2) and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Lakeview ...

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

• Madison
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Madison is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 263,094 people
• Sun Prairie
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sun Prairie is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,119 people
• Fitchburg
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Fitchburg is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,866 people
• Middleton
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Middleton is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,195 people
• Waunakee
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Waunakee is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waunakee
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,188 people
• Verona
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Verona is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,539 people
• Stoughton
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Stoughton is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoughton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,218 people
• DeForest
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • DeForest is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeForest
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,915 people
• Oregon
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Oregon is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,731 people
• McFarland
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • McFarland is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,291 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 Lakeview. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lakeview.

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

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

Adding Lakeview to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lakeview 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 Lakeview was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Lakeview post office opened in 1848. The Lakeview post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lakeview.