page_title: Lake County, Ohio
section_title: Communities
hierarchical_section_title: Lake County, Ohio / Communities
caption_attribution_description: Map of Lake County, Ohio, United States with township and municipal boundaries
context_page_description: Lake County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 230,041. The county seat is Painesville. The county was established on March 6, 1840 from land given by Cuyahoga and Geauga Counties. Its name is derived from its location on the southern shore of Lake Erie.
  Lake County is part of the Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.
caption: Map of Lake County, Ohio with Municipal and Township Labels
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