Clewiston, Florida Clewiston, Florida CITY LIMITS OF CLEWISTON - NARA - 544594.tif Location in Hendry County and the state of Florida Location in Hendry County and the state of Florida Clewiston is a town/city in Hendry County, Florida, United States.
The estimated populace in 2015 was 7,505. Clewiston is home to the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Seminole Indian Museum and the Clewiston Museum.
Clewiston City Hall Incorporated as a town/city in 1925, Clewiston would turn into noted for its sport fishing, especially of largemouth bass.
On June 24, 2008, Governor Charlie Crist announced that the state of Florida had arranged to buy for $1.75 billion the company's 187,000 acres (76,000 ha), including the refinery in Clewiston.
Clewiston is positioned in the northeast corner of Hendry County at 26 45 12 N 80 56 01 W, on the southwestern shore of Lake Okeechobee.
Route 27 passes through the center of Clewiston, dominant west then north 15 miles (24 km) to Moore Haven, and southeast 16 miles (26 km) to South Bay.
Florida State Road 80 runs with US 27 through Clewiston but leads west 31 miles (50 km) to La - Belle, the Hendry County seat.
Enumeration Bureau, Clewiston has a total region of 4.7 square miles (12.2 km2), of which 0.027 square miles (0.07 km2), or 0.54%, are water. In the city, the populace was spread out with 29.7% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 14.8% of families and 18.8% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 25.9% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over.
In 2010 Clewiston had a populace of 7,155.
The following are enhance schools positioned in the area, directed by Hendry County Schools: Clewiston Middle School Clewiston High School The Hendry County Library Cooperative in Florida includes the Clewiston Library, Barron Library (located in La - Belle, the county seat) and the Harlem Library.
All three libraries furnish Hendry County inhabitants with materials and general information, and each library has a secondary individualized region of focus.
The Clewiston Library has a Florida room to home historical reference material and books pertinent to small-town and state history.
The Harlem Community Library is positioned in a former school building which also homes the Harlem Academy daycare center and its specialty is a burgeoning African American collection.
The Clewiston Library also recently sought and received an LSTA grant to digitize their small-town newspaper, The Clewiston News and have the digital versions added to the free, open access Florida Digital Newspaper Library.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Clewiston city, Florida".
2010 general demographic chart from the US census for Clewiston History of Clewiston, Florida Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clewiston, Florida.
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