Official Name: | Lakeview, Montana |
Settlement Type: | Census-Designated Place |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Montana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Beaverhead |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 1.99 |
Area Land Km2: | 1.99 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.77 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.77 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 15 |
Population Density Km2: | 7.52 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 19.48 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 30-42100 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 773188 |
Lakeview is an unincorporated community in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States. Lakeview lies along Southside Centennial Road, approximately halfway between Lima to the west and West Yellowstone to the east.44.5994°N -111.8106°W
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.[2]
Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge is nearby.