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Image of the Peace River. The Peace River is a river in the southwestern part of the Florida peninsula, in the U.S.A. [1] It originates at the juncture of Saddle Creek and Peace Creek northeast of Bartow in Polk County and flows south through Fort Meade (Polk County) Hardee County to Arcadia in DeSoto County and then southwest into the Charlotte Harbor estuary at Punta Gorda in Charlotte County.
Much of Peace River Village, a mobile home park about 200 yards east of the river in Bartow, remained flooded Monday.
Formerly Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center [15] ... Formerly Peace River Regional Medical Center, later Bayfront Health Port Charlotte ... Bartow Regional ...
[3] [4] At 4,573 acres (18.51 km 2), it is one of the largest lakes in Polk County; the center of the cities of Bartow, Lakeland, and Winter Haven roughly form an equilateral triangle with sides of 12 miles (19 km) and Lake Hancock forms over 25% of that triangle. The lake is shallow, with an average depth of 4 feet (1.2 m) and a maximum depth ...
Located near the source of the Peace River, Bartow is approximately 39 miles (63 km) east of Tampa, Florida and 50 miles (80 km) southwest of the Greater Orlando area. The city is near the center of "Lightning Alley" and has frequent afternoon thunderstorms in the summer, but typically has sunny and mild winters. Government, mining, and ...
Its site is located near the northern end of Peace River, approximately 3/4 mile east of U.S. Highway 17 and 4 miles south of Florida SR 60 / south of Bartow. History [ edit ]
In 2005, Health Management Associates renamed St. Joseph's Hospital to Peace River Regional Medical Center. [5] On March 2011, construction began on the Peace River Heart Institute for $25 million. The two-story addition was built on top of the emergency department.
Van Fleet Drive between West Main Street in Bartow, to the Peace River Bridges. From east of Bartow to Lake Wales is simply called SR 60. In Lake Wales it is called West Polk, although it changes to Hesperides Road in eastern Lake Wales and east of the city. Simply signed SR 60 until Interstate 95. Stan Mayfield Memorial Highway from the ...