Lakewood, Pennsylvania
Lakewood, Pennsylvania | |
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Village | |
Village of Lakewood | |
Lakewood, as seen from PA-370. | |
Nickname(s): Little York,[1] Lakin,[2] Como,[2] Winwood[2] (all historical) | |
Lakewood, Pennsylvania Lakewood's location within Pennsylvania. | |
Coordinates: 41°51′07″N 75°22′53″W / 41.85194°N 75.38139°WCoordinates: 41°51′07″N 75°22′53″W / 41.85194°N 75.38139°W | |
Country | United States |
Commonwealth | Pennsylvania |
U.S. Congressional District | 10 |
County | Wayne |
School District |
Wayne Highlands Region I |
Magisterial District | 22-3-04[3] |
Township | Preston |
Settled | 1817[1] |
Founded by | David Wooley, James Moore, and Franklin Duval[1] |
Elevation | 1,778[4] ft (542 m) |
Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
• Summer (DST) | Eastern Daylight (EDT) (UTC-4) |
ZIP code | 18439[5] |
Area code(s) | 570 |
GNIS feature ID | 1181094[4] |
FIPS code | 42-127-62600[6]-41096[4] |
Major Roads |
Lakewood is a village in Preston Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. Lakewood is on Pennsylvania Route 370 (PA-370), about 7 miles (11 km) east of Thompson, Pennsylvania and about 10 miles (16 km) 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.
References
- 1 2 3 Ham, Thomas J. (1995) [1905 - 1907]. Fluhr, George J., ed. The Nomenclature of Wayne: A History of Wayne County, PA (Compiled from articles originally published in the Honesdale Citizen.). Honesdale, PA: Wayne County Historical Society (published 2003). p. 38.
- 1 2 3 Steffen, Mimi (2013). The Rural Schools of Preston Township. Honesdale, PA: Wayne County Historical Society. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-9834435-5-1.
- ↑ "District Magistrate". Wayne County, PA. Wayne County Courthouse. 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- 1 2 3 "Lakewood". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 2 August 1979. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
- ↑ "Look up a ZIP CodeTM". USPS.COM. USPS. 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000. "Census Demographic Profiles, Preston Township" (PDF). CenStats Databases. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
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