Lake Placid, Florida | town

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Lake Placid is a town in Highlands County, Florida, United States. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the town's population as 1,818 on 1 July 2006. It is part of the Sebring Micropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2006 estimated population of 97,987.

The town has two nicknames—"Town of Murals" and "The Caladium Capital of the World." Lake Placid has more than 40 murals painted on buildings throughout the town, and 98 percent of the world's caladium bulbs come from Lake Placid.
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Coordinates:   27°17'18"N   81°21'35"W
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