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History · Lake Waukomis

Lake Waukomis was first counted by the census in 1960

Most of Lake Waukomis was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1966. Below: maps from 1948 on and the census since 1960.

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How Lake Waukomis began

When was Lake Waukomis founded?

1960

Lake Waukomis first appears in the census in 1960.

First census: 506 in 19602020 census: 88866 years
Founding year: the first census.

What stands out about Lake Waukomis’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Lake Waukomis are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lake Waukomis’s history is told.

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The story so far

Lake Waukomis, in brief

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

Lake Waukomis is a city in Platte County, Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the United States. The population was 888 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1960. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 870 to 888 (+2%).

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

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Lake Waukomis on the map, 1948 to 1991

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Lake Waukomis. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Lake Waukomis on the 1948 USGS mapLake Waukomis on the 1951 USGS mapLake Waukomis on the 1964 USGS mapLake Waukomis on the 1970 USGS mapLake Waukomis on the 1991 USGS map1948Parkville sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Lake Waukomis.

People over time

Lake Waukomis, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001960198020002020Peak: 1,105

Between 506 and 1,105 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Lake Waukomis’ Wikipedia page.

Questions about Lake Waukomis’ history

What year was Lake Waukomis founded?

The Lake Waukomis post office opened in 1960, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.