Lake King, Western Australia
- Lake King, Western Australia
Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Lake King
state = wa
caption =
lga = Shire of Lake Grace
postcode = 6356
est = 1936
pop = 219 (2006 Census) [Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC54491|name=Lake King (State Suburb)|quick=on|accessdate=2008-09-30]
elevation= 344
stategov = Wagin
fedgov = O'Connor
dist1 = 464
dir1 = ESE
location1= Perth
dist2 = 64
dir2 = NW
location2= Ravensthorpe
dist3 = 114
dir3 = E
location3=Lake Gracecoord|-33.086|119.672|type:city(100)_region:AU-WA_scale:50000|format=dms|display=title
Lake King is a town located in the Eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, convert|464|km|mi|0 from Perth along "State Route 107" between Wagin and Ravensthorpe.
Lake King is named after a nearby lake which in turn was named after the Surveyor General of Western Australia, Henry Sanford King, by Marshall Fox, the surveyor from Narrogin.
Settlers began arriving in the area in 1928 shortly after the area was surveyed and land was released. The town struggled through the depression but thrived in the postwar years on the back of high wool and wheat prices. [cite web|url=http://www.lakeking.com.au/history.htm|title=The history of Lake King|year=2006|accessdate=2008-09-29]
The Lake King Progress Association lobbyed the government to declare a townsite in 1935 and the town was gazetted in 1936. [LandInfo WA|c|L|2008-09-30]
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