Lakeland, Florida

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Lakeland is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States, located approximately midway between Tampa and Orlando along Interstate 4. According to the 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimate, the city had a population of 94,406. Lakeland is the Principal City of the Lakeland, Florida-Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 584,383 in 2009.

Lakeland was first settled in the 1870s, developed as the railroad reached the area in 1884, and was incorporated 1 January 1885. The town was founded by Abraham Munn (a resident of Louisville, Kentucky), who purchased 80 acres of land in what is now downtown Lakeland in 1882 and platted the land for the town in 1884. The Florida boom resulted in the construction of many significant structures in Lakeland, a number of which are today listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakeland,_Florida
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Coordinates:   28°3'44"N   81°56'50"W

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  • It is almost an equal drive to Tampa and Orlando, as well as about an hour away from a local vacation that anyone else in the country would die for.
  • Long Live Lakeland
  • Small? It used to be. Not anymore.
  • Yeah 75,000 people may be small for Florida, but is still a moderate city nonetheless
  • Lakeland is between Tampa and Orlando.
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