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History · Lakeview

Lakeview’s post office opened in 1949

Most of Lakeview was built recently: 0.5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981. Below: 6 old photos and papers from 1938 on.

1949first post office
0on the National Register
0.5%homes built before 1940
6old photos & papers
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From Lakeview’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Lakeview began

When was Lakeview founded?

1949

The Lakeview post office opened in 1949, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Amos (1884), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

2020 census: 77577 years
Founding year: the first Lakeview post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
The story so far

Lakeview, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lakeview yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Lakeview is a city in Baxter County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lakeview had a population of 775.

Its first post office opened in 1949. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 741 to 775 (+5%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Lakeview, 1884 to 1949

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Post officeThe Amos post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1938In the archiveStudents
  5. 1938Post officeThe Amos post office closes
  6. 1949Post officeThe Lakeview post office opens
By decade

Lakeview, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1930s6 items
Students1938StudentsHouse at Lakeview Project, Arkansas1938House at Lakeview Project, ArkansasSchoolchildren singing. Lakeview Project, Arkansas1938Schoolchildren singing. Lakeview Project, ArkansasHouse at Lakeview Project, Arkansas1938House at Lakeview Project, ArkansasSchool room. Lakeview Project, Arkansas1938School room. Lakeview Project, ArkansasMembers of Lakeview Cooperative Association. Arkansas1938Members of Lakeview Cooperative Association. Arkansas
1940s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now

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Students
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Famous people

Famous people close to Lakeview

Nobody well known was born in Lakeview itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Davis Tutt19th-century American Old West gambler · b. 1836
Carolyn D. WrightAmerican poet · b. 1949
Charles L. GillilandUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1933
R
Roy HogsedAmerican musician · b. 1919
Tava SmileyAmerican actress · b. 1971
Forrest L. WoodAmerican entrepreneur · b. 1932
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Lakeview’s post office has been open since 1949. Another post office, Amos, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Amos
1884–1938
Lakeview
1949–today
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Amos
Gone or out of use
Amos Schoolschool

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Help out

Finish Lakeview’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Questions about Lakeview’s history

What year was Lakeview founded?

The Lakeview post office opened in 1949, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the Library of Congress (6), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.