Map of Lake View city, Arkansas

Lake View is a city in Phillips County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 443 at the 2010 census. Because there is also a Lakeview in Baxter County, many residents want to rename Lakeview to “Lake Helena”. The original settlement name was “Turkey Scratch” from the 1850s to the official declaration of the town’s namesake was in the 1920s. When the town was re-established in 1937, Lake View became one of three communities in Arkansas to be reserved for black farm families by the Resettlement Administration. It is one of the few communities in the U.S. with an African-American percentage at over 90 percent of the populations.

Lake View city overview:
Name:	Lake View city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Arkansas
County:	Phillips County
Elevation:	167 ft (51 m)
Total Area:	5.00 sq mi (12.96 km²)
Land Area:	5.00 sq mi (12.96 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	327
Population Density:	65.36/sq mi (25.23/km²)
FIPS code:	0538110
GNISfeature ID:	2404867

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Lake View online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.