Lakewood, Wisconsin | |
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Census-designated place | |
Downtown Lakewood on WIS 32 | |
| Coordinates: 45°18′03″N 88°31′24″W / 45.30083°N 88.52333°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Oconto |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.781 sq mi (7.20 km2) |
| • Land | 2.781 sq mi (7.20 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,280 ft (390 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 323 |
| • Density | 120/sq mi (45/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 54138 |
| Area code(s) | 715 & 534 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1579620 |
Lakewood is an unincorporated census-designated place located in the town of Lakewood, Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. Lakewood is located on Wisconsin Highway 32 22 miles (35 km) north-northwest of Suring. Lakewood has a post office with ZIP code 54138. As of the 2010 census, its population was 323.
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.
Images
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Nicolet State Trailhead
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Ambulance service
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lakewood, Wisconsin.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lakewood (CDP), Wisconsin
- ^ ZIP Code Lookup
- ^ "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
- ^ a b Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 92.
- ^ "Oconto County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
- ^ https://www.usgenwebsites.org/WIOconto/tvlakewood.htm
