Lake View, Kansas

Unincorporated community in Kansas, United States
39°01′02″N 95°17′33″W / 39.01722°N 95.29250°W / 39.01722; -95.29250CountryUnited StatesStateKansasCountyDouglasFounded1892Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code785GNIS 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.

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