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When the original North American area codes were introduced for a nationwide telephone numbering plan in 1947, the entire state was a single numbering plan area (NPA) with area code 305. In 1953, area code 813 was introduced for the western coast of Florida, and 904 was assigned for northern Florida in 1965. In 1988, area code 407 was ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.5 square miles (30 km 2), of which 10.5 square miles (27 km 2) is land and 1.0 square mile (2.6 km 2) (8.54%) is water. [8] The Clermont area lies on the northern part of the Lake Wales Ridge. There are rolling hills atypical of the Florida peninsula.
There is a public boat ramp and swimming area on Waterfront Park. [14] Lake Louisa is the largest lake on that chain of lakes that feeds Lake Hiawatha, Lake Minneola, Lake Susan and Lake Minnehaha. Lake Louisa lakefront is mostly aprotected area as the green swamp at the south is the fresh water source for the area.
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State Road 516 (SR 516) is a toll road under construction by the Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX). Once completed, it will serve an important transportation link between US Highway 27 (US 27) in Lake County and SR 429 in Orange County.
The Florida Citrus Tower is a 226-foot-tall (69 m) structure in Clermont, Florida. [2] Built in 1956 to allow visitors to observe the miles of surrounding orange groves, it was once among the most famous landmarks of the Orlando area .
Lake Louisa State Park is a 4,372-acre (17.69 km 2) Florida State Park located south of Clermont, in the northeast corner of the Green Swamp and the southwestern shore of Lake Louisa. It is made up of bald cypress, live oak, and saw palmettos. In addition to Lake Louisa, the park contains Hammond Lake, Dixie Lake, Dude Lake, and Bear Lake ...
The route originally began at began at U.S. Route 92 (later U.S. Business Route 92, and currently unmarked State Road 600) in Lakeland, Florida and ended at Florida State Road 44 west of the merge with U.S. Route 441 in Leesburg, Florida. It was rerouted in Lakeland from Iowa Avenue one block west to Massachusetts Avenue in the 1970's, with a ...