Tavares, Florida Tavares, Florida City of Tavares Official logo of Tavares, Florida Location in Lake County and the state of Florida Location in Lake County and the state of Florida Tavares (pronounced tuh-vair-ees) is a town/city located in the central portion of the U.S.
It is the governmental center of county of Lake County. The populace in 2015 was 14,583, with a total of 5,000 homeholds and an average homehold income of $40,000. It is part of the Orlando Kissimmee Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Clair-Abrams did not achieve his dream that Tavares turn into the state capital of Florida (Tallahassee has held the spot since 1823), in 1887 the town/city was titled the seat of Lake County.
Clair-Abrams later chartered a barns to run from Tavares to Orlando.
Tavares is positioned at 28 48 6 N 81 44 1 W (28.801670, -81.733548) According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 7.4 square miles (19 km2); of this, 7.1 square miles (18 km2) (95.16%) is territory and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2) (4.84%) is water.
There were 4,471 homeholds out of which 16.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 51.8% were married couples living together, 9.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 36.9% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 14.1% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 19.8% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 38.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $31,337, and the median income for a family was $36,243.
About 6.6% of families and 10.3% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 18.2% of those under age 18 and 6.9% of those age 65 or over.
The Tavares Seaplane Base is a city-owned, public-use seaplane base positioned on Lake Dora in Tavares. The base is prominent and gives rise to the city's nickname, "America's Seaplane City".
Panorama of the Tavares Seaplane Base & Marina on Lake Dora The Lake - Xpress is Lake County's enhance transit and has been active since May 2007.
It runs every hour from Lady Lake to Mount Dora with cirulator routes in the metros/cities of Leesburg and Mount Dora. United States Enumeration Bureau.
"City Profile | Tavares, FL - Official Website".
"History Of Tavares Includes Explorers, Developers".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"Tavares keeps it simple in naming seaplane base".
"Tavares Seaplane Base & Marina".
City of Tavares.
"Lake - Xpress - Lake County's Fixed-Route Public Transportation Service".
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