Lakewood is a neighborhood of Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee. The population was 2,302 at the 2010 census, at which time it was an incorporated city, as it was from 1959 until 2011. Originally incorporated as Dupontonia in 1959, the city changed its name to Lakewood and reincorporated in 1961. In 1963, the governments of Davidson Count…Lakewood is a neighborhood of Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee. The population was 2,302 at the 2010 census, at which time it was an incorporated city, as it was from 1959 until 2011. Originally incorporated as Dupontonia in 1959, the city changed its name to Lakewood and reincorporated in 1961. In 1963, the governments of Davidson County and the City of Nashville merged to form a consolidated metropolitan government. Lakewood chose not to surrender its charter and to remain autonomous, retaining its charter as a "satellite city". It operated its own city council and funded its own police department.
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