Lake View, Mississippi

Lake View is an 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.[2]

Lake View, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Lake View
Lake View
Coordinates: 34°59′20″N 90°08′28″W
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyDeSoto
Elevation
228 ft (69 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
38680
Area code(s)662
GNIS feature ID691994[1]

During Prohibition, multiple Memphis businessmen opened nightclubs in Lake View.[3]

A post office operated under the name Lake View from 1885 to 1895 and under the name Lakeview from 1895 to 1932.[4]

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.[5]

The Valley Brick and Tile Company once operated a brick factory in Lake View.[6]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake View, Mississippi
  2. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (PDF). 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 21.
  3. Patrick O’Daniel (26 November 2018). Crusaders, Gangsters, and Whiskey: Prohibition in Memphis. University Press of Mississippi. p. 170. ISBN 978-1-4968-2005-1.
  4. "DeSoto County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  5. Brooks, Frank. "Travelling by Trolley in Mississippi: Memphis and Lakeview Railway". Preservation in Mississippi. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  6. Mississippi Geological, Economic, and Topographical Survey (1907). Bulletin - Mississippi State Geological Survey. Mississippi Geological, Economic and Topographical Survey. p. 2.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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