Lakeview, Texas
Town in the United States in Hall County
About Lakeview
Lakeview is a town in Hall County, Texas, United States. The population was 60 at the 2020 census, down from 107 at the 2010 census.
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How Lakeview is governed
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Residents of Lakeview
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Mayor
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The city's chief elected official. Presides over the executive branch, proposes the budget and represents the city.
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Police Chief
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Fire Chief
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Streets, water, sewer, and city buildings.
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The budget, taxes, and city accounts.
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Parks, programs, and public facilities.
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City Clerk
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City Attorney
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Hears traffic, ordinance and other minor cases.
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Presides over the municipal court.
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Population over time
From 152 in 2000 to 60 in 2020 (−60.5%).
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| Year | Population |
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| 2020 | 60 |
| 2010 | 107 |
| 2000 | 152 |
History
Lakeview's beginnings are unique as it has occupied two different sites in Hall County. The first site was located near the geographic center of the county on a section of the Southern Pacific Railroad survey in May 1890. A post office and several businesses sprang up at the site. After a failed attempt to become the county seat, most of the homes were sold to farmers and the land reverted to the family of S.L. Lindley. The post office was eventually relocated to the homestead of David H. Davenport, who operated a general store in 1902.
Three years later, Davenport purchased land north of his farm that had a supply of soft water, making it a suitable site to develop a community. On June 11, 1908, he moved his store and post office and platted the second Lakeview site at its present-day location. Prospects for a new railroad grew in 1910, when the Altus, Roswell, and El Paso Company constructed a roadbed through Lakeview, but prevailing conditions forced them to abandon the project. Despite this and two disastrous fires in 1918 and 1919, the community survived. Lakeview was incorporated in 1921. By the late 1920s, the town had several stores and a population exceeding 1,000.
A third fire in 1930 destroyed the business district, and the impact of the Great Depression contributed to Lakeview's decline. A short-lived boom in the late 1940s occurred, but it wasn't enough to revive the town. The First State Bank of Lakeview, in operation since 1908, merged with the First National Bank of Memphis in 1953. By 1980, the population had fallen to 244. That figure declined to 202 in 1990 and 152 in 2000.
On March 5, 2026, an EF3 tornado struck Lakeview, Texas, causing significant damage in the community as part of a regional severe weather outbreak.
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