Lakewood, Pennsylvania | |
Official Name: | Village of Lakewood |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Nickname: | Little York,[1] Lakin,[2] Como, Winwood (all historical) |
Image Alt: | Image of a paved, marked road, flanked by greenery on both sides. A sign in the center of the photo reads "EAST 370." |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Pennsylvania, with county borders indicated. A red dot in the upper right-hand corner is labeled "Lakewood, Pennsylvania." |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Lakewood's location within Pennsylvania. |
Coordinates: | 41.8519°N -75.3814°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type2: | U.S. Congressional District |
Subdivision Name2: | 10 |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Wayne |
Subdivision Type4: | School District |
Subdivision Name4: | Wayne Highlands Region I |
Subdivision Type5: | Magisterial District |
Subdivision Name5: | 22-3-04[3] |
Subdivision Type6: | Township |
Subdivision Name6: | Preston |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Date: | 1817 |
Founder: | David Wooley, James Moore, and Franklin Duval |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | Eastern Daylight (EDT) |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation M: | 542 |
Elevation Ft: | 1778[4] |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 18439[5] |
Area Code: | 570 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1181094 |
Blank1 Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Info: | 42-127-62600[6] -41096 |
Blank2 Name: | Major Roads |
Blank3 Name: | Waterways |
Lakewood is a village that is located in Preston Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is situated on Pennsylvania Route 370 (PA-370), approximately east of Thompson, Pennsylvania and about southwest of Hancock, New York.
The Preston Township Municipal Building, the township's only school, Preston Area School, and the Northern Wayne Community Library, part of the Wayne Library Alliance, are both located within the community.
There are also multiple summer camps in the community, including Camp Ramah, Camp Morasha, Camp Weequahic, Camp Nesher, Camp Lavi and Yeshivas Kayitz Program.
The Preston Area School has a student enrollment of approximately 190 from grades K-8. The school also acts as a community center. The school has 28 full and part-time teachers, as well as a support staff of 10 members, and a parent–teacher organization.[7] [8]