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Glades County is a county located in the Florida Heartland region of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,126, [1] making it the fourth-least populous county in Florida. Its county seat is Moore Haven. [2]
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Everglades National Park protects an unparalleled landscape that provides important habitat for numerous rare and endangered species like the manatee, American crocodile, and the elusive Florida panther.
Discover Lake Okeechobee and the Glades, the gateway to the Everglades at the western edge of The Palm Beaches. Explore Belle Glade, Pahokee, and South Bay and experience the natural beauty of Florida's largest inland body of water.
Glades County operates under a Commission-Manager form of government with separation of legislative and executive functions. The County Manager has executive powers to implement all decisions, ordinances, motions and the policies and procedures set forth by the Board of County Commissioners.
There are only a handful of places in Florida that combine the ethereal beauty of a Highwaymen painting with the scrubland scenes of Patrick D. Smith’s classic Florida novel, A Land Remembered. But the fact is… Glades County happens to do it better than nearly anyplace else.
Pursuant to provisions of the Florida Constitutions, which have governed the people for over 150 years, the role of the Clerk of Courts has been established in three main areas; Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners, including serving as accountant, auditor, and custodian of county funds.
Named for the Florida Everglades, Glades County was created in 1921 from DeSoto County. It is located in inland south Florida on the western bank of Lake Okeechobee, the largest freshwater lake in Florida.
With more than 30 miles of Lake Okeechobee shoreline, 60 miles of Caloosahatchee River frontage, and 52 miles of paddling trails on pristine Fisheating Creek, Glades County offers nature-based tourism assets that are unparalleled in Florida, be you a birder, biker, boater, hunter, fisherman or paddler.
Glades County, Florida. QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties. Also for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more.