Funeral Homes near The Lakes

Facts about the city

The Lakes is an affluent 2-square-mile (5.2 km2) planned community located within the city limits of Las Vegas, Nevada. It is located in the western part of the Las Vegas Valley near the Spring Mountains and Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. The centerpiece of the community, and its namesake, is a large man-made lake, Lake Sahara. It was originally planned to have two man-made lakes but was downscoped to one. It was built from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, and at the time was at the edge of development in the valley. It consists of a mixture of gated communities consisting of large single-family homes, condominia, commercial areas and offices.The community is bounded by Sahara Avenue to the North, Durango Drive to the east, Desert Inn Road to the South, and Hualapai Way to the West. Several other notable communities are adjacent, including Summerlin to the west and Peccole Ranch and Canyon Gate to the north.

The Lakes Obituaries

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History

The centerpiece of the community, and its namesake, is a large man-made lake. It consists of a mixture of single-family homes, apartments, condominiums, commercial and office. (5.2 km²) planned community located within the city limits of Las Vegas, Nevada Vegas, Nevada.

Citicards, a subsidiary of Citibank, located its main Payment Processing Center here in 1990. It was built from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, and at the time was at the edge of development in the valley.