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2404873 [6] Website. www.lakelandgov.net. Lakeland is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. Located along I-4 east of Tampa and west of Orlando, it is the most populous city in Polk County. As of the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau release, the city had a population of 112,641. [8] Lakeland is a principal city of the Lakeland–Winter Haven ...
83001437 [1] Added to NRHP. January 27, 1983. The Frances Langford Promenade (also known as the First Civic Center and the Lake Mirror Promenade) is a historic site in Lakeland, Florida. It is located between Lemon Street and Lake Mirror Drive. On January 27, 1983, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium is a baseball field in Lakeland, Florida. The 8,500-seat stadium was opened in 1966 and has had multiple renovations, most recently in 2017. It was named after local resident and former Lakeland Parks and Recreation Director Marcus "Joker" Marchant. It is the spring training home of the Detroit Tigers and ...
Lakeland Public Library. / 28.0374; -81.9493. The Lakeland Public Library's swan sculpture and sign located off of Lake Morton Drive in Lakeland, Florida. The Lakeland Public Library is a public library located in Lakeland, Florida, within Polk County, Florida. The library has three branch locations and is a member of the Polk County Library ...
Henley Field. / 28.05667°N 81.95639°W / 28.05667; -81.95639. Henley Field is a historic site in Lakeland, Florida. Built in 1922, it is located at 1125 North Florida Avenue. Clare Henley, for whom the park was named in 1942, encouraged its construction in an effort to persuade a professional baseball team to train there.
The Dixieland Historic District in Lakeland, Florida was originally an area of 160 acres that was developed by Henry B. Carter and C. W. Deen in 1907. It was developed south of the downtown area. By 1910 a water system was installed. Local newspapers promoted the area as a "fashionable suburb". There was a housing boom in the 1920s and the ...
Citrus Connection has operated since 1982. LAMTD is financed by a property tax and by funding from federal, state and city government. In September 2008, the Polk Transit Authority was established with a view to the eventual consolidation of the LAMTD and Winter Haven Area Transit, and the extension of transit service throughout Polk County. [1 ...
Jonny Diaz, Christian musician. Samantha Dorman, Playboy Playmate [ 3] Rhea Durham, Victoria's Secret model [ 3] Faith Evans, singer [ 3] Stephen Baron Johnson, painter. Frances Langford, singer, actress, and radio star (1930s and 1940s) [ 3] Neva Jane Langley, Miss America 1953. Mike Marshall, bluegrass musician and mandolinist.