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Winter Haven is part of the Tampa/St. Pete television market, the 13th largest in the country and part of the local Lakeland/Winter Haven radio market, which is the 94th largest in the country. [43] [44] Since 1911, the Winter Haven News Chief has served the community as the local newspaper. The News Chief also published the Polk County Shopper ...
The Downtown Winter Haven Historic District is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on February 4, 2002) located in Winter Haven, Florida. The district is bounded by roughly Avenue A Northwest, Avenue A Southwest, 3rd and 5th Streets. It contains 26 historic buildings.
Winter Haven, Florida; Winter Haven High School; Winter Haven Red Sox; Winter Haven's Gilbert Airport; Winter Haven Super Sox; Winter Haven Area Transit; Winter Haven (Amtrak station) Winter Haven Heights Historic Residential District "Winter Haven", the eighth track on the 2010 album Festival by Jon Oliva's Pain
The Calusa were the first people to live in the chain of lakes area. Later, both the Creek and the Seminole were known to live and hunt in this area. [5] The Seminole name for the entire chain of lakes is "We-hi-ack-pa". [5] The area had no European or American settlement until the Florida Armed Occupation Act of 1842, which created incentives ...
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Winter Haven's Gilbert Airport covers an area of 520 acres (210 ha) at an elevation of 145 feet (44 m) above mean sea level.It has two asphalt paved runways: 5/23 is 5,005 by 100 feet (1,526 x 30 m) and 11/29 is 4,001 by 60 feet (1,220 x 18.29 m).
Lake Silver is surrounded by public land on all but its south and northwest shores. On the east side, 1st Street is only about 10 feet (3.0 m) away. On the north, North Lake Silver Drive is about 20 feet (6.1 m) away. On the entire west and southwest sides is parkland. Directly across 1st Street, to the southeast, is the Winter Haven Hospital ...
The following is a list of notable people who were born in, lived in or are associated with the city of Winter Haven, Florida: Frank Attkisson, politician; Andre Berto, professional welterweight boxer; Otis Birdsong, former professional basketball player; George A. "Banana George" Blair, professional barefoot skier