Place:Okeechobee, Okeechobee, Florida, United States

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NameOkeechobee
Alt namesOkechobeesource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS12013119
Tanticsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS12013119
TypeCity
Coordinates27.242°N 80.833°W
Located inOkeechobee, Florida, United States
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Okeechobee is a city in Okeechobee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 5,621, reflecting an increase of 245 (+4.6%) from the 5,376 counted in the 2000 Census. It is the county seat of Okeechobee County. The Lake Okeechobee area was the site of the worst effects of the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane, the first recorded Category 5 hurricane in the North Atlantic and still one of the deadliest hurricanes ever to strike the US.

Okeechobee is served by the Okeechobee County Airport.

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