Welcome to Lakeport ...

The city of Lakeport is located in Lake County<1> and is the County Seat for Lake County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lakeport, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1861.

The city was incorporated April 30, 1888.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Lakeport has a population of 4,972 people<2> (see below for details).

Lakeport is 1,340 feet [408 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Lakeport lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Lakeport is within the (707) area code.

The ZIP code for Lakeport: 95453<4>

Websites for Lakeport ...

Official Website: www.cityoflakeport.com/

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Lakeport had an population of 4,972 people. This is an increase of 4.61% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 3.15% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Lakeport had a population of 4,753 people (which is 7.35% of the total population of Lake County). This makes Lakeport the county's 2nd most populous community.

The population of Lakeport represents 0.01% of the total population of California (which has 37,253,956 people), making it the state's 430th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 4,753 people, the population of Lakeport decreased 1.39% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 4,820 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Lakeport.

Communities Also Named Lakeport ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Lakeport - they are located in Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ontario (3), Oregon, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lakeport.

Communities near Lakeport ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lakeport.

• Ukiah
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ukiah
  • Ukiah is located in Mendocino County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,883 people
  • Ukiah has also been known as:
  • Ukiah City
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ukiah <5>
• Clearlake
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearlake
  • Clearlake is located in Lake County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,179 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clearlake <5>
• Cloverdale
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Cloverdale is located in Sonoma County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,803 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cloverdale <5>
• Kelseyville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelseyville
  • Kelseyville is located in Lake County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kelseyville <5>
• Nice
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nice
  • Nice is located in Lake County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nice <5>
• Robinson Rancheria
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Rancheria
  • Robinson Rancheria is located in Lake County
• Lucerne
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
  • Lucerne is located in Lake County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lucerne <5>
• Soda Bay
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Bay
  • Soda Bay is located in Lake County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Soda Bay <5>
• Upper Lake
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lake
  • Upper Lake is located in Lake County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Upper Lake <5>
• Glenhaven
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenhaven
  • Glenhaven is located in Lake County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glenhaven <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lakeport. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lakeport.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lakeport. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lakeport.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lakeport. Our list includes 15 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Lakeport.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lakeport ...

Looking for more information about Lakeport? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Lakeport, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Lakeport.

Adding Lakeport to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lakeport in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lakeport was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Lakeport post office opened in 1861.

We also found Lakeport in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lakeport.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Lakeport: www.cityoflakeport.com/

The official website for Lake County: www.co.lake.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/