Okeechobee County, Florida
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Name Origin: Lake Okeechobee, which comes from the Hitchiti words oka (water) and chobi (big).
County Seat: Okeechobee
County Area: 774 sq. mi. (2005 km. sq.); 26th largest county in Florida (tied with Glades and Duval counties)
County Seat: Okeechobee
County Area: 774 sq. mi. (2005 km. sq.); 26th largest county in Florida (tied with Glades and Duval counties)
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 27°18'2"N 80°56'44"W
- Palm Beach County, Florida 37 km
- Collier County, Florida 125 km
- Osceola County, Florida 136 km
- Miami-Dade County, Florida 147 km
- Polk County, Florida 164 km
- Brevard County, Florida 166 km
- Lake County, Florida 241 km
- Volusia County, Florida 247 km
- Monroe County, Florida 258 km
- Baldwin County , Alabama 820 km
- Yates Marsh 0.7 km
- S-65D Navigational Lock 7.8 km
- Okeechobee County Airport (OBE/KOBE) 10 km
- Fort Basinger 12 km
- Coco Sod Farms 13 km
- C Scott Driver Park 18 km
- Buckhead Ridge 19 km
- Okee-Tantie Recreation Area 19 km
- Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation 27 km
- Lake Okeechobee 40 km