Map of Lake Placid town, Florida

Lake Placid is a town in Highlands County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 2,223 and in 2018 the estimated population was 2,439. It is part of the Sebring Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The town has two nicknames: “Town of Murals” and “The Caladium Capital of the World”. Lake Placid has 47 murals painted on buildings throughout the town, and 98 percent of the world’s caladium bulbs come from Lake Placid. There are 14 caladium farms, spanning 1,200 acres, and these plants have been grown in the area since the 1940s. In 2013, Reader’s Digest named Lake Placid America’s Most Interesting Town.

The town is home to the Lake Placid Tower, a closed concrete block observation tower that is 240 feet (73 m) tall according to early sources or 270 feet (82 m) tall according to late sources. However, government sources exclude a 270-foot height, allowing only a 240-foot height.

Lake Placid town overview:
Name:	Lake Placid town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Florida
County:	Highlands County
Total Area:	4.71 sq mi (12.21 km²)
Land Area:	4.66 sq mi (12.07 km²)
Water Area:	0.05 sq mi (0.13 km²) 1.4%
Total Population:	2,360
Population Density:	506.22/sq mi (195.47/km²)
Area code:	863
FIPS code:	1238625
GNISfeature ID:	285272

Online Interactive Map

Lake Placid online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

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History

Lake Placid, which was formerly called “Lake Stearns”, was chartered on December 1, 1925. Dr. Melvil Dewey, the inventor of the Dewey Decimal System, and the founder of the Lake Placid Club in Lake Placid, New York, proposed that Lake Stearns change its name to “Lake Placid”. On April 29, 1927, the Lake Stearns Commissioners accepted Dr. Dewey’s proposal. Subsequently, they submitted a request to the Florida State Legislature. On June 6, 1927, the community was chartered as the town of Lake Placid.

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Geography

Lake Placid is located in central Highlands County at 27°17′42.9″N 81°22′21.5″W / 27.295250°N 81.372639°W / 27.295250; -81.372639 (27.29525, –81.37263). U.S. Route 27 passes through the town, leading north 16 miles (26 km) to Sebring, the county seat, and south 58 miles (93 km) to Clewiston.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Lake Placid has a total area of 3.650 square miles (9.45 km), of which 3.599 square miles (9.32 km) are land and 0.051 square miles (0.13 km), or 1.4%, are water.