Lake View, Mississippi

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Lake View, Mississippi
Census-designated place
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Lake View
Coordinates: 34°59′20″N90°08′28″W / 34.98889°N 90.14111°W / 34.98889; -90.14111
Country United States
State Mississippi
County DeSoto
Area
[1]
 • Total0.25 sq mi (0.66 km2)
 • Land0.20 sq mi (0.53 km2)
 • Water0.05 sq mi (0.13 km2)
Elevation
228 ft (69 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total299
 • Density1,472.91/sq mi (569.04/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
38680
Area code 662
GNIS feature ID691994 [2]

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. [3]

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During Prohibition, multiple Memphis businessmen opened nightclubs in Lake View. [4]

A post office operated under the name Lake View from 1885 to 1895 and under the name Lakeview from 1895 to 1932. [5]

From 1910 to 1928, the Memphis Street Railway Co operated the Memphis and Lakeview Railway. This was a 10 mile track that had four streetcars assigned to it. [6]

The Valley Brick and Tile Company once operated a brick factory in Lake View. [7]

It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 299. [8]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020 299—
U.S. Decennial Census [9]
2020 [10]

2020 census

Lakeview CDP, Mississippi - Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Race / EthnicityPop 2020 [10] % 2020
White alone (NH)8428.09%
Black or African American alone (NH)186.02%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)00.00%
Asian alone (NH)00.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)00.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH)10.33%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH)72.34%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)18963.21%
Total299100.00%

Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.

Transportation

Amtrak’s City of New Orleans , which operates between New Orleans and Chicago, passes through the town on CN tracks, but makes no stop. The nearest station is located in Memphis, 10 miles (16 km) to the north.

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References

  1. ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake View, Mississippi
  3. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 21.
  4. ↑ Patrick O’Daniel (November 26, 2018). Crusaders, Gangsters, and Whiskey: Prohibition in Memphis. University Press of Mississippi. p. 170. ISBN   978-1-4968-2005-1.
  5. ↑ "DeSoto County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  6. ↑ Brooks, Frank. "Travelling by Trolley in Mississippi: Memphis and Lakeview Railway". Preservation in Mississippi. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  7. ↑ Mississippi Geological, Economic, and Topographical Survey (1907). Bulletin - Mississippi State Geological Survey. Mississippi Geological, Economic and Topographical Survey. p. 2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ "Lakeview CDP, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
  10. 1 2 "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Lakeview CDP, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau .


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