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Welcome to Lakewood ...

Lakewood is located in Oconto County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lakewood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Lakewood is 1,270 feet [387 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lakewood: 715 & 534<3>

The ZIP code for Lakewood: 54138<4>

Communities Also Named Lakewood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 96 communities that are also named Lakewood - they are located in Alabama (6), Arkansas (2), California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida (3), Georgia (4), Illinois (6), Indiana (3), Iowa (2), Louisiana (2), Maine (2), Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Michigan (8), Minnesota, Mississippi (3), New Brunswick, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (5), Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Rhode Island, South Carolina (9), Tennessee (4), Texas (4), Utah (2), Vermont, Virginia (9) and Washington (3).

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

Communities near Lakewood ...

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

  • Mountain
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Mountain is located in Oconto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
  • Armstrong
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Armstrong is located in Oconto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
  • White Lake
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • White Lake is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
  • Langlade
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Langlade is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langlade
  • Padus
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Padus is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padus
  • Freeman
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Freeman is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
  • Breed
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Breed is located in Oconto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breed
  • Lily
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Lily is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
  • Laona
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Laona is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laona
  • Athelstane
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Athelstane is located in Marinette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstane

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

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

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

Adding Lakewood to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lakewood post office opened in 1897.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lakewood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Oconto, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lakewood - 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 715 code has been Overlayed with the 534 area code. New phone numbers in the Lakewood area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Lakewood area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Lakewood). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Lakewood or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<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/