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Lakeview is a city in Lake County, Oregon, and the county seat, with a population of 2,418 at the 2020 census.

The city was incorporated in 1889 and bills itself as the 'Tallest Town in Oregon' because of its elevation of 4,757 feet above sea level.

Lakeview sits in the Goose Lake Valley at the foot of the Warner Mountains, on the edge of Oregon's high desert country.

M. W. Bullard settled along Bullard Creek in 1869, and the town that grew there was organized in 1876, when it won election as Lake County's seat of government over Linkville.

The Lakeview post office opened on December 8, 1876, after Bullard donated 20 acres for the county courthouse.

On May 22, 1900, a fire burned most of Lakeview, destroying 64 buildings, but most of the town was rebuilt by October of that year.

In 1911, a narrow-gauge railway connected Lakeview with Reno, Nevada, prompting several sawmills to operate in town and expanding its economic base.

In the mid-1950s, the White King and Lucky Lass uranium mines operated north of Lakeview, and a uranium processing plant built in 1958 employed 50 people before closing in 1961.

Lakeview's economy is based on agriculture, lumber production, and government activities, with tourism an increasingly important part, and Oregon's Outback Scenic Byway passes through the city.

The 2010 census counted 1,034 households in Lakeview.