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Lakeside’s post office opened in 1908

More historic than 10% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Most of Lakeside was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. Below: maps from 1923 on and the census since 1910.

1908first post office
0on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Lakeside began

When was Lakeside founded?

1908

The Lakeside post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1974. Another post office, Lake (1892), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

First census: 125 in 19102020 census: 1,904118 years

How historic is Lakeside?

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More historic than 10% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Lakeside post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1974.
History grade

What drives Lakeside’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Lakeside is more historic than 10% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Lakeside’s overall grade.
Founding era1908, from the first post office: founded 1900–1944, an older era than 9% of U.S. townsDHomes built before 19404.9% of homes (±3.8) · typical OR town 5.3% · U.S. 8.4%CNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical OR town 2.9 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 10%
NewerOlder

Oregon towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Oregon town has 2.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Lakeside’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (18% of Oregon towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to C−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.8 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date; Wikidata gives 1974.

Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Lakeside’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 Lakeside are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19234 editions of the USGS map, 1923 to 1985. Watch Lakeside change.
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Start Lakeside’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lakeside’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Lakeside on the map, 1923 to 1985

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

Lakeside on the 1923 USGS mapLakeside on the 1942 USGS mapLakeside on the 1956 USGS mapLakeside on the 1985 USGS map1923Reedsport sheet · 1:62,500

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

The story so far

Lakeside, in brief

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

Lakeside is a city in Coos County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,904 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1908. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,699 to 1,904 (+12%).

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

Timeline

Lakeside, 1892 to 1923

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892Post officeThe Lake post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1903Post officeThe Lake post office closes
  5. 1908Post officeThe Lakeside post office opens
  6. 1923On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Lakeside, decade by decade

Today7 recent
Tugman State Park-22013Tugman State Park-2Tugman State Park-12013Tugman State Park-1Lakeside, Oregon2013Lakeside, OregonLakeside Municipal Airport2013Lakeside Municipal AirportLakeside Nursery2011Lakeside NurseryLakeside Lions Club2011Lakeside Lions ClubORMap-doton-Lakeside2004ORMap-doton-Lakeside
People over time

Lakeside, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0001920194019601980200020201,904

Grew from 125 people in 1910 to 1,904 in 2020, more than tenfold.

11 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Lakeside

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

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Steve PrefontaineAmerican long-distance runner · b. 1951
Mel CountsAmerican basketball player · b. 1941
Claire FalkensteinAmerican artist · b. 1908
Michael WatermanAmerican scientist and professor at the Univers… · b. 1942
Nyara SaballyGerman basketball player · b. 2000
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James V. ScottiAmerican astronomer · b. 1960
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Lakeside’s post office has been open since 1908. Another post office, Lake, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Lake
1892–1903
Lakeside
1908–today
18901960today
Gone or out of use
Lake Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Lakeside
Lakeside

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

Questions about Lakeside’s history

What year was Lakeside founded?

The Lakeside post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1974.

How does Lakeside rank for history?

Lakeside is more historic than 10% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

How old are the homes in Lakeside?

5% of Lakeside’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.8 points), against a typical 5.3% for an Oregon town; the median home was built in 1987.

Memory lane

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

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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).

From Wikimedia Commons (7), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.