 Because there is also a Lakeview in Baxter County, many residents want to rename Lakeview to "Lake Helena".The original settlement name was "Turkey Scratch" from the 1850s to the official declaration of the town's namesake was in the 1920s.When the town was re-established in 1937, Lake View became one of three communities in Arkansas to be reserved for black farm families by the Resettlement Administration.