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Lakeside is an unincorporated census-designated place in San Diego County's East County, set in the western foothills of the Cuyamaca Mountains, with a population of 21,152 at the 2020 census, up from 20,648 in 2010.

Lakeside was founded in 1886 when the El Cajon Valley Land Company bought 6,600 acres around the naturally occurring Lindo Lake and built the 80-room Victorian Lakeside Hotel at a cost of $50,000.

The Kumeyaay people called Lindo Lake 'Ha Ptur' or 'Ha Pchurr', meaning 'circular water', long before the town existed.

Lakeside's land was originally part of Rancho El Cajón, a Mexican-era rancho grant owned by the family of Don Miguel de Pedrorena, a signer of the Californian Constitution.

In 1904 John H. Gay bought the Lakeside Hotel, fenced off the park around Lindo Lake, and built an automobile and horse racetrack around the lake, where racing legend Barney Oldfield set a new land speed record at the track's opening in 1907.

Lakeside has long held a reputation as a 'cowboy town' and 'rodeo town', anchored by the permanent 8-acre Lakeside Rodeo Grounds, whose PRCA-sanctioned Lakeside Rodeo each April regularly draws over 20,000 spectators.

Although it was named for one small natural lake, Lakeside is now home to a trio of large reservoirs - Lake Jennings, El Capitan Reservoir and San Vicente Reservoir - all popular fishing destinations stocked by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Lakeside is the trailhead for the climb to the summit of El Cajon Mountain, nicknamed 'El Capitan' locally for its resemblance to the famous Yosemite cliff.

Local students attend El Capitan High School, established in 1959, along with schools such as Tierra Del Sol Middle School and Lakeside Middle School.

The 2020 census counted 7,522 households in Lakeside, and about 69% of its occupied homes were owner-occupied.