Stateline (formerly Lakeside and Laphams) is a former

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, now incorporated into

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. It lies at an elevation of 6,279 feet (1914 m) ASL. As its name suggests, it is at the state line with

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, and mirrors the adjacent community of the same name. The name Laphams commemorates William W. Lapham who opened a hotel here in the 1850s. The

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route ran through the community circa 1861 on the leg between Friday's Station and

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. A post office operated at Stateline from 1901. It was along the

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Sierra Nevada Southern Route by 1916. The locale acquired the name Lakeside between 1930 and 1955; then was changed to Stateline thereafter. The community was a subject in an interstate border dispute. After a 1980

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ruling, the community of Stateline was nominally moved east, and the California portion dissolved into South Lake Tahoe. The currently accepted interstate border is marked by the 1893 US CGS Federal Survey Monuments No. 1, No. 2, and No.3. Disturbing survey monuments is illegal. as is land title

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Neighborhoods in South Lake Tahoe, California Populated places established in 1901 {{ElDoradoCountyCA-geo-stub