Lake Wales, Florida Lake Wales, Florida Website City of Lake Wales official site Lake Wales is a town/city in Polk County, Florida, United States.
Lake Wales is positioned in central Florida, west of Lake Kissimmee and east of Tampa.
The territory around the present town/city was surveyed in 1879 by Sidney Irving Wailes, who changed the name of a lake, then known as Watts Lake, to Lake Wailes. The town/city of Lake Wales was established near the lake in 1911 12, prepared by the Lake Wales Land Company. The spelling Wales was used for the city, although the lake is still generally spelled Lake Wailes.
Allen Carleton Nydegger, a Civil Engineer, was contracted by the Lake Wales Land Company to plot out the improve of Lake Wales.
A depot was opened on this line at Lake Wales.
The City of Lake Wales was officially incorporated in April 1917. In 2004, Lake Wales railroadthe effects of three hurricanes which came through the area: Hurricane Charley, Hurricane Frances and Hurricane Jeanne.
The three hurricanes brought hurricane-force winds to the Lake Wales region inside a space of 44 days.
Lake Wales is positioned on the Lake Wales Ridge, a sandy upland region running roughly alongside to both coasts in the center of the peninsula.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 14.0 square miles (36 km2), of which 13.4 square miles (35 km2) is territory and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2) (4.71%) is water.
Lake Wales is positioned in the humid subtropical zone of the (Koppen climate classification: Cfa). In 2004, the eyes of Hurricanes Charley, Frances and Jeanne all passed near the town.
Grassy Lake Preserve is a 185 acres (0.75 km2) preserve positioned behind Janie Howard Wilson Elementary School.
Grassy Lake is primarily made up of Lake Wales Ridge scrub land.
Lake Wales, Florida has a commission/manager form of government.
Edward Bok, Ladies' Home Journal editor, died in Lake Wales in 1930 inside sight of his beloved Singing Tower.
Pat Borders, 1992 World Series MVP, part-time Lake Wales resident and Lake Wales High School Alumnus Walt Faulkner, racecar driver, lived in Lake Wales from 1926 to 1936.
Mario Gosselin, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver/owner, lives and operates his race shop in Lake Wales Red "Galloping Ghost" Grange, NFL player, was living in Lake Wales when he died in 1991 Dominique Jones, NBA player, born and attended high school in Lake Wales Lake Wales Municipal Airport (FAA LID: X07) is a public-use airport positioned 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the central company precinct of the town/city of Lake Wales in Polk County, Florida, United States.
Lake Wales is part of the Tampa/St.
Lake Wales is home to twelve schools, six of which are charter, three of which are traditional enhance schools and three private schools.
Dale R Fair Babson Park Elementary, Hillcrest Elementary, Janie Howard Wilson Elementary, Polk Avenue Elementary and Lake Wales High School were converted to charter status in the Fall of 2004. Edward W.
Bok Academy Middle opened in the Fall of 2008 to problematic a seamless K-12 charter system. Mc - Laughlin Middle School and Fine Arts Academy, Roosevelt Academy Of Leadership And Applied Technology School, and Spook Hill Elementary School are still traditional enhance schools.
Lake Wales Lutheran School, Candlelight Christian Academy, and The Vanguard School are private. Lake Wales is also home to two colleges, Warner University and Webber International University.
Alexander Center, a satellite ground of Polk State College is positioned in downtown Lake Wales in 2009. Lake Wales has three retirement villages.
Two of them are outside town/city limits, but are considered to be part of Lake Wales, because it is the closest city.
The second is Saddlebag Lake Resort, 9 miles from Lake Wales.
Indian Lakes is 20 miles from Lake Wales.
Historic Lake Wales.
"The Lake Wales Ridge: Ancient sands, diverse biota".
"About Lake Wales Government".
City of Lake Wales.
"Lake Wales Charter School Contracts OK'd".
"About Lake Wales".
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Lake Wales.
City of Lake Wales official site Lake Wales Area Chamber of Commerce Lake Wales Charter Schools
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