The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusLakeview is a town in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 161. Lakeview is located atop Sand Mountain.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 143 to 161 (+13%). Half of its homes were built before 1985.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lakeview yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Lakeview’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lakeview’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Lakeview, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Lakeview is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lakeview has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Collinsville Historic District in Collinsville, 11 miles away.
Lakeview and the nearest listed places
Closest to Lakeview
Alabama Great Southern Railroad Passenger DepotFort Payne · Building15.1miHow a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.