Lakeview is a village in Cato Township in Montcalm County of the U.S. state of Michigan.

[3] Lakeview was first settled in 1858 and platted in 1867 by Albert S. French, a settler from New York.

French named it for its location on the west side of Tamarack Lake.

A post office was established on October 7, 1867, with Hiram S. Barton as its first postmaster.

[5] Lakeview is in northern Montcalm County, in the north-central part of Cato Township.

It sits on the west side of Tamarack Lake, 19 miles (31 km) north of Greenville.

[1] Tamarack Lake drains to the north, outside the village limits, to Tamarack Creek, which flows west past the village toward the Little Muskegon River and ultimately to Lake Michigan.

State highway M-46 runs along the southern edge of the village, leading east 11 miles (18 km) to Edmore and west 12 miles (19 km) to U.S. Route 131 near Howard City.

35.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.