Lake View, Kansas
Appearance
Lake View, Kansas | |
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Lakeview Lake (2009) | |
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Coordinates: 39°01′02″N 95°17′33″W / 39.01722°N 95.29250°W | |
Land | Vereinigte Staaten |
State | Kansas |
County | Douglas |
Gegründet | 1892 |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code | 785 |
GNIS ID | 478818 [1] |
Lake View is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Kansas, United States. It is located 1 mile north of Lawrence.
History
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Lake View, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
- ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1898). A Gazetteer of Kansas. Govt. Print. Off. p. 127.
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