Editing Lakeview, Michigan (section)

==Geography==
Lakeview is in northern Montcalm County, in the north-central part of Cato Township. It sits on the west side of Tamarack Lake, {{convert|19|mi}} north of [[Greenville, Michigan|Greenville]]. According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|1.83|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|1.50|sqmi|sqkm|2}} are land and {{convert|0.33|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, or 18.2%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2023"/> Tamarack Lake drains to the north, outside the village limits, to Tamarack Creek, which flows west past the village toward the [[Little Muskegon River]] and ultimately to [[Lake Michigan]].

State highway [[M-46 (Michigan highway)|M-46]] runs along the southern edge of the village, leading east {{convert|11|mi|0}} to [[Edmore, Michigan|Edmore]] and west {{convert|12|mi}} to [[U.S. Route 131]] near [[Howard City, Michigan|Howard City]]. [[M-91 (Michigan highway)|M-91]] runs south from M-46 at the Lakeview border to Greenville.

The Lakeview post office, with ZIP code 48850, serves most of [[Cato Township, Michigan|Cato Township]] as well as part of [[Belvidere Township, Michigan|Belvidere Township]] to the east, [[Douglass Township, Michigan|Douglass Township]] to the southeast, [[Pine Township, Montcalm County, Michigan|Pine Township]] to the south, and [[Winfield Township, Michigan|Winfield Township]] to the west. It also serves a large portion of [[Hinton Township, Michigan|Hinton Township]] to the north and [[Millbrook Township, Michigan|Millbrook Township]] to the northeast in [[Mecosta County, Michigan|Mecosta County]].<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ReferenceMapFramesetServlet?_bm=y&-geo_id=86000US48850&-_yp=Census%202000&-tree_id=420&-_lang=en ZCTA Reference Map for 48850] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212042635/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ReferenceMapFramesetServlet?_bm=y&-geo_id=86000US48850&-_yp=Census%202000&-tree_id=420&-_lang=en |date=February 12, 2020 }}, U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 census</ref>