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2. Okeechobee County, Florida - Wikipedia

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   The Okeechobee County Courthouse, constructed in 1926, is located in the county seat, Okeechobee. The Old Okeechobee High School, now the Freshman Campus, built 1925. Okeechobee County was incorporated in 1917. It was named for Lake Okeechobee, which was itself named for the Seminole Indian [4] words okee (water) and chobee (big).

3. Florida Heartland - Wikipedia

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   Map of the Florida Heartland. The Florida Heartland (also known as South Central Florida) is a region of Florida located to the north and west of Lake Okeechobee, composed of six inland, predominantly rural counties—DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, and Okeechobee.

4. Indian River State College - Wikipedia

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   The college was established in 1959 as Indian River Junior College by the Florida Legislature to serve the Treasure Coast region of Florida. Originally housed in a single building, the college relocated to its current Fort Pierce campus in 1963 following a donation of 87 acres (35 ha) of land from the city.

5. Okeechobee, Florida - Wikipedia

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   Okeechobee (US: / oʊ k i ˈ tʃ oʊ b i / OH-kee-CHOH-bee [6]) is a city in and the county seat of Okeechobee County, Florida, United States. [7] As of the 2020 US census, the city's population was 5,254. The Lake Okeechobee area was severely damaged in the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane, the first recorded Category 5 hurricane in the North ...

6. Upthegrove Beach, Florida - Wikipedia

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   Robert Upthegrove, later one of the inaugural Okeechobee County commissioners, settled in the area circa 1912. His son, Clarence Dewitt Upthegrove (Dewitt), at one time worked for Thomas Edison in Fort Myers, and later owned a heavy equipment operation that helped build the Herbert Hoover Dike around Lake Okeechobee and was the Supervisor of ...

7. Category : Populated places in Okeechobee County, Florida

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   Unincorporated communities in Okeechobee County, Florida (3 P) This page was last edited on 12 August 2013, at 05:45 (UTC). Text is ...