In 1792 Major William Ford built dams at each end of Bear Swamp, creating a millpond and a grist mill, and the area was known as Ford’s Mill for many years. In 1870 Dr. C. T. Ford sold the property to his brother-in-law, Joseph N. Page, who soon opened a large general store. The community was renamed Page’s Mill, and in 1877 a post office opened with J. N. Page as its first postmaster. After the railroad came through the area in 1900, the town of Page’s Mill grew from the mill, general store, and post office toward the railroad tracks. The town of Page’s Mill was incorporated on February 26, 1907. Part of Marion County since that county was created in 1798, the Ford’s Mill and Page’s Mill community became part of Dillon County when that county was created in 1910, and it was renamed Lake View in 1916.