Lakeside, Iowa
city in Buena Vista County, Iowa, United States
Lakeside is a city in Buena Vista County, Iowa, United States. The population was 700 at the time of the 2020 census. It is the most densely populated city in Iowa.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.18 square miles (0.47 km2), all land.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the census of 2020, there were 700 people, 253 households, and 194 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,206.7 inhabitants per square mile (1,238.1/km2). There were 287 housing units at an average density of 1,314.7 per square mile (507.6/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 60.3% White, 2.3% Black or African American, 0.0% Native American, 6.7% Asian, 3.7% Pacific Islander, 16.1% from other races and 10.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino persons of any race comprised 38.1% of the population.
Of the 253 households, 32.4% of which had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.9% were married couples living together, 7.1% were cohabitating couples, 20.2% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present and 13.8% had a male householder with no spouse or partner present.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Lakeside, Iowa” as city in Buena Vista County, Iowa, United States. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as city in Buena Vista County, Iowa, United States. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1905659. Authority coordinates are 42.620, -95.174. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Lakeside, Iowa”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Lakeside, Iowa primary sources, Lakeside, Iowa archive and Lakeside research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Lakeside, Iowa”?
- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “Lakeside, Iowa” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.