Lake View, Mississippi

Lake View, Mississippi
Census-designated place
Lake View is located in Mississippi
Lake View
Lake View
Lake View is located in the United States
Lake View
Lake View
Coordinates: 34°59′20″N 90°08′28″W / 34.98889°N 90.14111°W / 34.98889; -90.14111
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyDeSoto
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 zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
38680
Area code662
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]

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%±
2020299—
U.S. Decennial Census[9]
2020[10]

2020 census

Lakeview CDP, Mississippi - Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2020[10] % 2020
White alone (NH) 84 28.09%
Black or African American alone (NH) 18 6.02%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Asian alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 1 0.33%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) 7 2.34%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 189 63.21%
Total 299 100.00%

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.

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. ^ a b "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.