Lake View, Kansas

Lake View, Kansas
Unincorporated community
Lakeview Lake (2009)
Lakeview Lake (2009)
KDOT map of Douglas County (legend)
KDOT map of Douglas County (legend)
Lake View is located in Kansas
Lake View
Lake View
Lake View is located in the United States
Lake View
Lake View
Coordinates: 39°01′02″N 95°17′33″W / 39.01722°N 95.29250°W / 39.01722; -95.29250
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyDouglas
Founded1892
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code785
GNIS ID478818 [1]

Lake View is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Kansas, United States. It is located 1 mile north of Lawrence.

History

Lake View was established in 1892 as a lake side resort and was in use until the 1930s. The Lake View club continues to maintain the oxbow lake.

A post office was opened in Lake View (but spelled Lakeview) in 1898, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1914.[2]

Lake View was a station on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Lake View, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  3. ^ Gannett, Henry (1898). A Gazetteer of Kansas. Govt. Print. Off. p. 127.

Further reading

See also: List of books about Douglas County, Kansas


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