Map of Lakeville town, Indiana

Lakeville is a town 11 miles (18 km) south of South Bend in Union Township, St. Joseph County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 786 at the 2010 Census. It is part of the South Bend–Mishawaka metropolitan area.

Lakeville town overview:
Name:	Lakeville town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Indiana
County:	St. Joseph County
Elevation:	843 ft (257 m)
Total Area:	0.63 sq mi (1.64 km²)
Land Area:	0.63 sq mi (1.63 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.01 km²)
Total Population:	879
Population Density:	1,393.03/sq mi (538.04/km²)
ZIP code:	46536
Area code:	574
FIPS code:	1841670
GNISfeature ID:	452658

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History

The area of Lakeville was first settled by Euro-Americans in 1836. The railroad in 1845 spurred further growth. By the 1890s there were 13 one-room school houses in the vicinity. In 1898 they were consolidated into one two-story elementary school in Lakeville. The town of Lakeville was incorporated in 1902.

The Lakeville post office has been in operation since 1850.

Lakeville High School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

Hoosier Racing Tire Corporation, owned since 2016 by parent company Continental AG has their Headquarters, Track Services, and Warehouse operations in Lakeville with Manufacturing located 20 miles south in Plymouth, Indiana.

Lakeville was the site of two different multiple murders. In 1989, four members of the family of Reverend Bob Pelley were shot dead in their Lakeville home. In 2000, three workmen were shot and killed in an upscale home in Lakeville. The 2000 case has been featured twice on television documentaries, once in an episode of Extreme Forensics on June 7, 2010, titled “Rooted in Murder”, and once in an episode of Forensic Files II on March 13, 2022, titled “Dog Proof”.