Originally, the neighborhood now known as Lakeport was part of Meredith on one side of the Winnipesaukee River and of Gilmanton (Gilford after 1812) on the other.
By the mid-1800s, textile and hosiery mills, factorie.
The area around today\'s Lakeport Dam became the site of sawmills and gristmills for the Euro-American settlers of the late 1760s.
This manufacturing, commercial, and port settlement--once called Lake Village--became part of the city in Laconia in 1893.
Originally, the neighborhood now known as Lakeport was part of Meredith on one side of the Winnipesaukee River and of Gilmanton (Gilford after 1812) on the other