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History · Lakeview

Lakeview’s post office opened in 1885

Most of Lakeview was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2008. Below: maps from 1908 on.

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How Lakeview began

When was Lakeview founded?

1885

The Lakeview post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 299141 years
Founding year: the first Lakeview post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Lakeview’s 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 Lakeview are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19085 editions of the USGS map, 1908 to 1982. Watch Lakeview change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lakeview’s history is told.

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On the map

Lakeview on the map, 1908 to 1982

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

Lakeview on the 1908 USGS mapLakeview on the 1912 USGS mapLakeview on the 1932 USGS mapLakeview on the 1961 USGS mapLakeview on the 1982 USGS map1908Lake Cormorant 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 Lakeview.

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.

Lake View is a census-designated place and unincorporated community located in DeSoto County, Mississippi, United States, near the Mississippi/Tennessee border just south of Memphis and north of the village of Walls. Lake View is located on the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. During Prohibition, multiple Memphis businessmen opened nightclubs in Lake View. A post office operated under the name Lake View from 1885 to 1895 and under the name Lakeview from 1895 to 1932. From 1910 to 1928, the Memphis Street Railway Company operated the Memphis and Lakeview Railway. This was a 10 mile track that had four streetcars assigned to it. The Valley Brick and Tile Company once operated a b…

Its first post office opened in 1885.

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

Timeline

Lakeview, 1885 to 1932

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1885Post officeThe Lakeview post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1908On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1932Post officeThe Lakeview post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

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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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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Morgan FreemanAmerican actor and producer · b. 1937
Aretha FranklinAmerican singer, songwriter, and pianist · b. 1942
Kathy BatesAmerican film actress and director · b. 1948
James Earl JonesAmerican actor · b. 1931
Shannen DohertyAmerican actress · b. 1971
Lucy HaleAmerican actress and singer · b. 1989
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Lakeview had its own post office from 1885 to 1932.

Lakeview
1885–1932
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Lake View

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

Questions about Lakeview’s history

What year was Lakeview founded?

The Lakeview post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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, 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.