Place:Lake Placid, Highlands, Florida, United States

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NameLake Placid
Alt namesLake Stearnssource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS12009687
TypeTown
Coordinates27.296°N 81.365°W
Located inHighlands, Florida, United States
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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 tall according to early sources or tall according to late sources. However, government sources exclude a 270-foot height, allowing only a 240-foot height.

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