Lake Placid, Florida Lake Placid, Florida Official logo of Lake Placid, Florida Location in Highlands County and the state of Florida Location in Highlands County and the state of Florida (as Lake Placid) 6 June 1927 Lake Placid is a town in Highlands County, Florida, United States.
As of the 2010 census the populace was 2,223, and in 2015 the estimated populace was 2,164. It is part of the Sebring Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Lake Placid has more than 40 murals painted on buildings throughout the town, and 98 percent of the world's caladium bulbs come from Lake Placid. The Old Lake Placid Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Depot is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Lake Placid, which was formerly called "Lake Stearns", was chartered on December 1, 1925.
Melvil Dewey, the inventor of the Dewey Decimal System, and the founder of the Lake Placid Club in Lake Placid, New York, proposed that Lake Stearns change its name to "Lake Placid".
On June 6, 1927, the improve was chartered as the town of Lake Placid.
Lake Placid is positioned in central Highlands County at 27 17 47 N 81 21 53 W (27.296252, -81.364817). U.S.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Lake Placid has a total region of 3.7 square miles (9.6 km2), of which 3.4 square miles (8.9 km2) are territory and 0.27 square miles (0.7 km2), or 7.79%, are water. In 2010 Lake Placid had a populace of 2,223.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 27.6% under the age of 18, 11.3% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 17.2% from 45 to 64, and 18.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
Lake Placid is positioned in a fringe viewing area; its tv stations originate in distant cities.
There are no TV stations whose studios or transmitting towers are positioned in Lake Placid.
Lake Placid is part of the Sebring radio market, which is ranked as the 288th biggest in the United States by Arbitron. There are no airways broadcasts whose studios or transmitting towers are positioned in Lake Placid.
Local print media include the weekly The Journal which has veiled Lake Placid for almost 60 years; the News-Sun, a Sebring-based journal presented on Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday; and Highlands Today, a daily small-town supplement to The Tampa Tribune.
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