Lake City, Florida Lake City, Florida Top, left to right: Lake De Soto, Battle of Olustee monument, Columbia County Courthouse, City Hall, Florida Gateway College, Osceola National Forest Top, left to right: Lake De Soto, Battle of Olustee monument, Columbia County Courthouse, City Hall, Florida Gateway College, Osceola National Forest Location in Columbia County and the state of Florida Location in Columbia County and the state of Florida Lake City is the governmental center of county of Columbia County, Florida, United States.
As of the 2010 census, the city's populace was 12,046. It is the principal town/city of the Lake City Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is composed of Columbia County, and had a 2010 populace of 67,531. The city's sesquicentennial was held in 2009.
1.3 Modern Lake City The site of present-day Lake City began as a Seminole improve called Alligator Village (Alpata Telophka).
After Florida became a territory of the United States in 1821, pioneer and immigrant pioneer from the United States formed their own settlement adjoining to Alligator Village and called it Alligator. Following the 1823 Treaty of Moultrie Creek, the inhabitants of Alligator village relocated to the banks of Peace Creek in the newly established Seminole reservation, leaving Alligator Town on its own.
When Columbia County was formed in 1832, Alligator Town became the seat of the county government.
Alligator Town was incorporated and changed to Lake City in 1859.
Local bodies of water include Lake De - Soto, Lake Isabella, Alligator Lake, Lake Hamburg, Gwen Lake, Lake Harper and Watertown Lake. On February 11, 1864 a Union cavalry raid was defeated in Lake City by Finnegan's troops stationed in the city. After the Union cavalry was repulsed Finnegan moved his forces to Olustee Station about ten miles east of Lake City.
In 1928 a memorial for the Battle of Olustee was established in downtown Lake City.
In 1891 Lake City became the first town/city in Florida to have electric lights from a small-town power and light company.
By the early 20th century, Lake City had turn into an meaningful barns junction, served by the Seaboard Air Line, Atlantic Coast Line, Georgia Southern Railroad, and the Florida Railroad. In 1905 the Florida Agricultural College was moved to Gainesville and became part of the University of Florida. After World War II a small-town air base was converted into the Columbia Forestry School in 1947.
The Columbia Forestry School had low enrollments and funds forcing the school to seek help from the Florida Legislature.
The University of Florida assumed management of the school and in 1950 it became the University of Florida Forest Ranger School.
As part of the network of improve universities established in Florida the school became the Lake City Junior College and Forest Ranger School in 1962.
Lake City Junior College was retitled to Lake City Community College in 1970 and then again in 2010 to its present name Florida Gateway College. By 1950, the populace of Lake City was 7,467 citizens , and forestry (turpentine, lumber, and pulpwood) had turn into a mainstay of the small-town economy. Lake City's centennial was jubilated in 1959 with parades, fireworks and a 58-page book documenting one hundred years of progress, A Century in the Sun.
Lake City has two historic districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
The Lake City Historic Commercial District is positioned in the downtown town/city core and was designated on June 6, 1994.
The Lake Isabella Historic Residential District is positioned south of the chief portion of town and was designated on November 15, 1993.
Lake City is positioned in northern Florida at 30 11 N 82 38 W (30.1896, -82.6397).
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Lake City has a total region of 12.4 square miles (32.2 km2), of which 12.0 square miles (31.1 km2) is land, and 0.39 square miles (1.0 km2) or 3.20%, is water. In the city, the populace is spread out with 25.4% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 19.7% who are 65 years of age or older.
Lake City is part of the humid subtropical climate zone of the Southeastern United States.
Due to its latitude and relative position north of Florida's peninsula it is subject at times to continental conditions, which cause rare cold snaps that may affect sensitive winter crops. The hottest temperature ever recorded in the town/city was 106 F (41 C) on June 4, 1918, and the coldest temperature ever recorded was 6 F ( 14 C) on February 13, 1899. Climate data for Lake City, Florida (Lake City 2 E), 1981 2010 normals The Columbia County School District operates nine elementary schools, three middle schools, three high schools and an alternative school.
Lake City also has one college studies institution, Florida Gateway College, that offers associate degrees and four-year bachelor's degrees.
Columbia County High School, assembled in 1921, was the first high school in Columbia County.
Lake City and Columbia County are known as "The Gateway to Florida" because Interstate 75 runs through them, carrying a large percentage of Florida's tourist and commercial traffic.
Lake City is the northernmost sizeable town/city in Florida on Interstate 75 and the locale where I-10 and I-75 intersect.
Highway versions of I-75 and I-10) have intersected in Lake City since 1927, long before the Interstate highways were built.
Lake City is the locale of the Osceola National Forest's administrative offices.
The Lake City Gateway Airport is a small-town center of business.
Since 2000, three companies have begun large operations in Lake City: Hunter Panels, New Millennium and United States Cold Storage.
Target assembled their first company-owned and third-party-operated perishable food distribution center in Lake City in 2008. The top employers in the Lake City region are: 6 Lake City Medical Center Healthcare 430 10 CCA - Lake City Correctional Facility Correctional Facility 279 11 City of Lake City Government 260 15 Health Care Center of Lake City Healthcare 163 Every February since 1976, Lake City has hosted the Olustee Battle Festival and reenactment of the Battle of Olustee. The Miss Olustee Pageant is held two weeks before to the Battle Festival.
Olustee Battlefield State Park: open 9am-6pm all weekend, 15 miles (24 km) east of Lake City This festival at O'Leno State Park 20 miles (32 km) south of Lake City jubilates early 19th-century history, from 1800 to 1859, in north Florida, especially that of Alligator/Lake City and Newnansville/Alachua and is held each year on the weekend (Friday-Sunday) of the 3rd Saturday in October.m - The first Alligator Festival was held in 1995 at Olustee Park in downtown Lake City.
Starting in 2010 the annual festival has been held at O'Leno State Park, in Columbia County, where the appropriate facilities exist for a full-scale battle reenactment, historic camping and large crowds. a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Lake City city, Florida".
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