Lakewood is an
unincorporated census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), 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 counte ...
located in the town of
Lakewood,
Oconto County,
Wisconsin
Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...
, United States. Lakewood is located on
Wisconsin Highway 32
State Trunk Highway 32 (often called Highway 32, STH-32 or WIS 32) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin that runs north–south in the eastern part of the state. It runs from the Illinois border (at Illinois Route 137) north to the ...
north-northwest of
Suring. Lakewood has a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
with
ZIP code 54138. As of the
2020 census, its population was 241, down from 323 at the
2010 census.
History
Lakewood was laid out in 1897 by the Western Town Lot Company.
It was named from a lake in the woods near the town site.
A post office has been in operation in Lakewood since 1897. The first schoolhouse was built on the Brook Farm in 1906. In 1921, a fire nearly destroyed the entire town.
[https://www.usgenwebsites.org/WIOconto/tvlakewood.htm]
Images
File:NicoletStateTrailLakewoodTrailhead.jpg, Nicolet State Trailhead
File:LakewoodCommunityAmbulanceWIS32.jpg, Ambulance service
References
Census-designated places in Oconto County, Wisconsin
Census-designated places in Wisconsin
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