Lakewood (CDP), Wisconsin

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| subdivision_name1 = Wisconsin

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Oconto

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| area_total_sq_mi = 2.781

| area_land_sq_mi = 2.781

| area_water_sq_mi = 0

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Census Bureau profile: Lakewood CDP, Wisconsin |url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=Lakewood+CDP,+Wisconsin |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=April 22, 2025}}

| population_total = 241

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| timezone = Central (CST)

| utc_offset = -6

| timezone_DST = CDT

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| postal_code = 54138

| area_code = 715 & 534

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Lakewood is an unincorporated census-designated place located in the town of Lakewood, Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. Lakewood is located on Wisconsin Highway 32 {{convert|22|mi|km}} north-northwest of Suring. Lakewood has a post office with ZIP code 54138.[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=54138&Go=Go ZIP Code Lookup] As of the 2020 census, its population was 241, down from 323 at the 2010 census.{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=12 April 2011}}

History

Lakewood was laid out in 1897 by the Western Town Lot Company.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA92 | title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways | author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company | year=1908 | page=92}} It was named from a lake in the woods near the town site. A post office has been in operation in Lakewood since 1897.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=WI&county=Oconto | title=Oconto County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=21 March 2015}} The first schoolhouse was built on the Brook Farm in 1906. In 1921, a fire nearly destroyed the entire town. https://www.usgenwebsites.org/WIOconto/tvlakewood.htm

Images

File:NicoletStateTrailLakewoodTrailhead.jpg|Nicolet State Trailhead

File:LakewoodCommunityAmbulanceWIS32.jpg|Ambulance service

References

Category:Census-designated places in Oconto County, Wisconsin

Category:Census-designated places in Wisconsin