Lake View, Arkansas | |
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 Location of Lake View in Phillips County, Arkansas. | |
| Coordinates: 34°25′16″N 90°48′48″W / 34.42111°N 90.81333°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arkansas |
| Counties | Phillips |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.00 sq mi (12.96 km2) |
| • Land | 5.00 sq mi (12.96 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 167 ft (51 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 327 |
| • Density | 65.36/sq mi (25.23/km2) |
| FIPS code | 05-38110 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2404867[2] |
Lake View is a city in Phillips County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 443 at the 2010 census. Because there is also a Lakeview in Baxter County. The original settlement name was "Turkey Scratch" from the 1850s to the official declaration of the town's namesake was in the 1920s. When the town was re-established in 1937, Lake View became one of three communities in Arkansas to be reserved for black farm families by the Resettlement Administration. It is one of the few communities in the U.S. with an African-American percentage at over 90 percent of the populations.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake View, Arkansas