Florida Heartland
The Florida Heartland is a region of southern Inland Florida. It includes the counties of Hardee, DeSoto, Highlands, Okeechobee, Glades, Hendry, and the westernmost parts of Palm Beach and Martin Counties.Photo: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Sebring and Arcadia.
Sebring
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Sebring is a city in and the county seat of Highlands County, Florida, United States. It is nicknamed "The City on the Circle", in reference to Circle Drive, the center of the Sebring Downtown Historic District.
Arcadia
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Arcadia is a city and county seat of DeSoto County, Florida, United States. Arcadia's Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
LaBelle
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LaBelle is a city in and the county seat of Hendry County, Florida, United States. The population was 4,966 at the 2020 census, up from 4,640 at the 2010 census.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Wauchula and Okeechobee.
Wauchula
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Wauchula is a city and the county seat of Hardee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 4,900. Wauchula has been called the "cucumber capital of the world", although citrus has become a more important agricultural crop over the past few decades.
Okeechobee
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Okeechobee is a city in and the county seat of Okeechobee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 US census, the city's population was 5,254. The Lake Okeechobee area was severely damaged in the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane, the first recorded Category 5 hurricane in the North Atlantic.
Moore Haven
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Moore Haven is a city and the county seat of Glades County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Florida Heartland region. The population was 1,566 at the 2020 census, down from 1,680 at the 2010 census.
Clewiston
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Clewiston is a city in Hendry County, Florida, United States. Its location is 80 miles northwest of Fort Lauderdale on the Atlantic coastal plain. The population was 7,327 at the 2020 census, up from 7,155 at the 2010 census.
Avon Park
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Avon Park is a city in Highlands County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,658, up from 8,836 at the 2010 census but down from the 2018 estimated population of 10,695.
Lake Placid
Bowling Green
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Bowling Green is a city in Hardee County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,405 at the 2020 census.
Indiantown
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Indiantown is a small town in the Heartland of Florida. It is part of Martin County, but in the rustic part of the county.
Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation
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Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation in the Florida Heartland, near the northwest shore of Lake Okeechobee. It is one of several Seminole Tribe reservations in Florida.
Florida Heartland
- Type: region
- Description: region in Florida
- Location: Inland Florida, Florida, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
27.19° or 27° 11′ 24″ northLongitude of center
-81.2° or 81° 12′ westWikidata ID
Q3074267
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Florida Heartland” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Florida Heartland”
- French: “Florida Heartland”
- Galician: “Corazón de Florida”
- Galician: “Florida Heartland”
- German: “Florida Heartland”
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