Lakeview, Montana

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Lakeview, Montana
CountryUnited States
StateMontana
CountyBeaverhead
Area
 • Total0.77 sq mi (1.99 km2)
 • Land0.77 sq mi (1.99 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total15
 • Density19.48/sq mi (7.52/km2)
FIPS code30-42100
GNIS feature ID773188[2]

Lakeview is an unincorporated community in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States.[3] Lakeview lies along Southside Centennial Road, approximately halfway between Lima to the west and West Yellowstone to the east.Coordinates: 44°35′58″N 111°48′38″W / 44.59944°N 111.81056°W / 44.59944; -111.81056 (Lakeview, Montana)

Originally named Shambow, for George H. Shambow, one of the area’s earliest residents and its first postmaster, this Centennial Valley town was renamed Magdalen and finally, in the late 1890s, Lakeview.[4]

Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge is nearby.

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
202015
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

Notes

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lakeview, Montana
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lakeview, Montana
  4. ^ "Lakeview". Montana Place Names Companion. Montana Historical Society. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.