Lakeville is a

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and

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(CDP) in the town of

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, Livingston County, New York, United States. Its population was 756 as of the 2010 census.

Geography

Lakeville is in northeastern Livingston County, in the northwestern part of the town of Livonia. It sits at the northern end of Conesus Lake, the westernmost of New York's

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, where the lake flows out into Conesus Creek, a northward-flowing tributary of the

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. Lakeville is bordered to the south by the Conesus Lake CDP. U.S. Route 20A passes through the center of Lakeville, leading east to Livonia village and west to Geneseo, the Livingston

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also passes through the community, leading east to Livonia village with US 20A but turning north up Rochester Road to lead to

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and to

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. According to the

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, the Lakeville CDP has an area of , all land.

Demographics

References

Hamlets in Livingston County, New York Hamlets in New York (state) Census-designated places in Livingston County, New York Census-designated places in New York (state) {{LivingstonCountyNY-geo-stub