Lake View is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
and
unincorporated community
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located in
DeSoto County,
Mississippi
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, United States, near the Mississippi/
Tennessee
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border just south of
Memphis and north of the village of
Walls. Lake View is located on the former
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad (Y&MV) was incorporated in 1882 and was part of the Illinois Central Railroad system (IC). Construction began in Jackson, Mississippi, and continued to Yazoo City, Mississippi. The line was later expanded ...
.
During
Prohibition
Prohibition is the act or practice of forbidding something by law; more particularly the term refers to the banning of the manufacture, storage (whether in barrels or in bottles), transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic ...
, 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 Co 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 brick factory in Lake View.
It was first named as a CDP in the
2020 Census which listed a population of 299.
Demographics
2020 census
''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
Unincorporated communities in DeSoto County, Mississippi
Unincorporated communities in Mississippi
Memphis metropolitan area
Census-designated places in DeSoto County, Mississippi
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