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.
Geography
Lakeview is located along State Highway 256 in north-central Hall County, southwest of Memphis, the county seat, and by road southeast of Clarendon.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. 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.<br>2020 Census
As of the census The consolidation of the two districts was made official on July 1, 2000.<!--Old URL: -->
Hall County is in the service area of Clarendon College.