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We would like to provide the residents of  Lake Placid  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Lake Placid Home page. The Lake Placid Home page provides as much information as possible on Lake Placid. Knowing Lake Placid’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Lake Placid’s Home page, you will also find Lake Placid’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Lake Placid has a population of 2306. 47.4% of Lake Placid’s inhabitants are Male, and 52.6 are female. 37.1% of Lake Placid is married and 57.2% own their own home. Household median income in Lake Placid is $33,021, and the individual median income is $20,320. Lake Placid’s Ethnic is the following: White(76.2%), Hispanic(56.5%), Other(10.4%), Black(6.8%), Multiple(5.9%), Native(0.8%).


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.


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