Editing Lakeside, Colorado

{{short description|Town in Colorado, United States}}
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| official_name          = Town of Lakeside, Colorado
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| image_caption          = The municipal offices of the Town of Lakeside.
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| subdivision_name2      = [[Jefferson County, Colorado|Jefferson County]]<ref name=COMun>{{cite web|url=http://www.dola.state.co.us/dlg/local_governments/municipalities.html |title=Active Colorado Municipalities |publisher=[[Colorado|State of Colorado]], Department of Local Affairs |access-date=November 30, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212060308/http://www.dola.state.co.us/dlg/local_governments/municipalities.html |archive-date=December 12, 2009 }}</ref>
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| government_type        = [[Colorado municipalities#Statutory Town|Statutory Town]]<ref name=COMun/>
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| established_date2      = November 25, 1907<ref name=MuniIncCO>{{cite web | url = http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/muninc.html | title = Colorado Municipal Incorporations | publisher = [[Colorado|State of Colorado]], Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives | date = December 1, 2004 | access-date = November 30, 2007}}</ref>
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| unit_pref              = Imperial
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| area_total_sq_mi       = 0.25
| area_land_sq_mi        = 0.19
| area_water_sq_mi       = 0.06
| area_total_km2         = 0.64
| area_land_km2          = 0.49
| area_water_km2         = 0.16
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| population_as_of       = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes   = <ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Lakeside_town,_Colorado?g=160XX00US0842495 |title=Lakeside town, Colorado |author=United States Census Bureau|date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=April 10, 2023 |quote=}}</ref>
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| postal_code_type       = [[ZIP code]]<ref name=ZIPcode/>
| postal_code            = [[Denver, Colorado|Denver CO]] 80212
| area_code              = Both [[Area code 303|303]] and [[Area code 720|720]]
| blank_name             = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS]] code
| blank_info             = {{FIPS|08|42495}}
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| blank1_info            = 2412865<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2412865}}</ref>
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| footnotes              = {{center|'''The least populous Colorado municipality'''}}
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The '''Town of Lakeside''' is a [[List of cities and towns in Colorado#Statutory town|Statutory Town]] in [[Jefferson County, Colorado|Jefferson County]], [[Colorado]], United States.  The town population was 16 at the [[2020 United States census]], making Lakeside the [[List of cities and towns in Colorado|least populous municipality]] in the [[Colorado|State of Colorado]].<ref name="Census 2020" />  Lakeside is immediately west of the [[Denver|City and County of Denver]], the [[List of cities and towns in Colorado|most populous municipality]] in the state. The Alcott Post Office ([[ZIP Code]] 80212) serves Lakeside.<ref name=ZIPcode>{{cite web|date=December 14, 2006 |url=http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp |title=ZIP Code Lookup |format=[[JavaScript]]/[[HTML]] |publisher=United States Postal Service |access-date=December 14, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104123722/http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp |archive-date=November 4, 2010 }}</ref>

The town's namesake lake is [[Lake Rhoda]], which covers 20% of its total area. A year after its incorporation on November 12, 1907, the [[Lakeside Amusement Park]], nicknamed "White City", opened on the eastern shores.  Both town and park were founded by a syndicate led by prominent Denver brewer Adolph Zang, who endeavored to build the resort just across the county line from [[Denver]], and incorporated to move beyond the reach of Denver liquor laws. A [[shopping mall]], Lakeside Center, was built in 1956 on the southern shore, but fell into financial troubles due to lack of business around the turn of the century<ref name=Mall1>{{cite news |last=Arellano |first=Kristi |date=January 24, 2006 |title=Developer buys Lakeside mall |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2006/01/24/developer-buys-lakeside-mall/ |work=The Denver Post |location=Denver |access-date=September 4, 2020}}</ref> and was converted into a [[Walmart]] and [[strip mall]] circa 2010. The amusement park, shopping area, and lake occupy almost all of the tiny municipality.  Residences are limited to a handful of houses in the southeast corner of the town occupied by employees of the amusement park.

==Geography==
 
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|0.2|sqmi|km2}}, of which, {{convert|0.2|sqmi|km2}} of it is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}} of it (20.83%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1910= 103
|1920= 36
|1930= 49
|1940= 39
|1950= 46
|1960= 28
|1970= 17
|1980= 19
|1990= 11
|2000= 20
|2010= 8
|2020= 16
}}
<!--As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 20 people, 9 households, and 5 families residing in the town.  There were 9 housing units. The racial makeup of the town was 100.0% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]].

There were 9 households, out of which 2 had children under the age of 18 living with them, 3 were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, and 4 were non-families. 2 of the households were made up of individuals, and none had someone living alone who was 65&nbsp;years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.60.

As of the 2010 census,<ref name="2010Census">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=September 15, 2020|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> the population had dropped to 8. Racial demographics remained the same, with 100.0% of the population being White and no Hispanic or Latino individuals of any race. Every individual lived alone.-->
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==See also==
{{portal|Colorado}}
*[[Front Range Urban Corridor]]
*[[North Central Colorado Urban Area]]
*[[Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO Combined Statistical Area]]
*[[Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://lakesidepoliceco.org/ Lakeside Police Department]
*[http://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/staticdata/Downloads/CityMaps/LAKESIDE.pdf CDOT map of the Town of Lakeside]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120501184446/http://www.thfrealty.com/index.php/our-properties/property/lakeside-redevelopment/ Lakeside Mall Developer]

{{Jefferson County, Colorado}}

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[[Category:Towns in Jefferson County, Colorado]]
[[Category:Towns in Colorado]]
[[Category:Denver metropolitan area]]