Avon Park, Florida Avon Park, Florida Official logo of Avon Park, Florida Location in Highlands County and the state of Florida Location in Highlands County and the state of Florida Avon Park is a town/city in Highlands County, Florida, United States.
As of the 2010 census the populace was 8,836, and in 2015 the estimated populace was 10,086. It is the earliest town/city in Highlands County, and was titled after Stratford-upon-Avon, England.
The first permanent settler in Avon Park was Oliver Martin Crosby, a Connecticut native who moved to the region in 1884 to study the wildlife of the Everglades.
As president of the Florida Development Company, he recruited pioneer to the area, many of whom were from England, including many from the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, who gave the town its name. In 2006, then-mayor Thomas Macklin proposed City Ordinance 08-06, which would have blocked the issuance or renewal of town/city licenses to businesses that hired illegal aliens, fined any property owner who rented and leased property to illegal aliens, and established English as the city's official language, banning the use of other languages amid the conduct of official company except where specified under state or federal law. The ordinance was defeated by the town/city council, on a 3 2 vote. Avon Park is positioned in northwestern Highlands County at 27 35 40 N 81 30 12 W (27.594418, -81.503437). 27/98 is the chief highway through the city, dominant north 23 miles (37 km) to Lake Wales and south 10 miles (16 km) to Sebring.
Florida State Road 17 (Main Street) leads east through the center of Avon Park, then south 10 miles to the center of Sebring.
Florida State Road 64 leads west from Avon Park 19 miles (31 km) to Zolfo Springs.
Enumeration Bureau, Avon Park has a total region of 8.2 square miles (21.2 km2), of which 7.1 square miles (18.5 km2) are territory and 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2), or 12.43%, are water. The town/city is positioned in a karst landscape underlain by the limestone Florida Platform, and various circular lakes are either inside the town/city limits (Lake Tulane, Lake Verona, and Lake Isis) or border the town/city (Lake Anoka, Lake Lelia, Lake Glenada, Lake Lotela, Lake Denton, Little Red Water Lake, Pioneer Lake, Lake Brentwood, Lake Byrd, Lake Damon, and Lake Lillian). Lake Verona is positioned inside the town/city of Avon Park.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 58.90% White, 29.2% African American, 0.32% Native American, 0.69% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 8.35% from other competitions, and 2.28% from two or more competitions.
Avon Park operates under a council-manager form of government, with a town/city manager who operates under the direction of an propel four-member council and mayor.
The city's police and the county sheriff work jointly to furnish law enforcement.
Avon Park Executive Airport is a public-use airport positioned 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the central company district.
Avon Elementary School Park Elementary School Avon Park Middle School Avon Park High School Avon Park is positioned in a fringe viewing area; its tv stations originate in distant cities.
Avon Park is in the Sebring radio market, which is ranked as the 288th biggest in the United States by Arbitron. Radio stations transmitting from Avon Park include WFHT/1390 (Lounge), WAPQ-LP/95.9 (Religious), WWOJ/99.1 (Country) "OJ99.1" & WWMA-LP/107.9 (Religious).
Avon Park Air Force Range Avon Park Historic District Lowery, Southern Baptist pastor and author, formerly resided in Avon Park According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Avon Park has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. "Avon Park, United States Page".
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Avon Park city, Florida".
"Avon Park Ordinance 08-06" (PDF).
City of Avon Park.
"Avon Park's debate far from finished".
Climate Summary for Avon Park, Florida Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Avon Park.
City of Avon Park official website Avon Park Chamber of Commerce Municipalities and communities of Highlands County, Florida, United States Avon Park Sebring Lorida Placid Lakes Spring Lake Sun 'n Lake of Sebring Sylvan Shores Venus
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