Assisted Living in Lakeland, FL

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Facts about Lakeland

Lakeland is also known as: Polk County / Lakeland city.

And some of the notable people born here have been: Lindsey Alley (actor and singer), Freddie Mitchell (american football player), Desmond Clark (american football player), Rod Smart (american football player), and Chris Richard (basketball player).

And featured attractions of Lakeland: Polk Theatre, Cleveland Court School, Henley Field Ball Park, Lake Mirror Promenade, and Oates Building.

Lakeland is represented by Mayor Howard Wiggsand City Manager Douglas B. Thomas.

Lakeland is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States, located just outside of Tampa. According to the 2013 U.S. Census Bureau estimate, the city had a population of 100,710. Lakeland is a principal city of the Lakeland-Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area which had an estimated population of 623,009 in July 2013 based on data from the University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research. It is twinned with Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada; Imabari, Ehime, Japan; Balti, Moldova; Portmore, Jamaica; and Chongming County, Shanghai, China as part of the Sister Cities program.The area was home to Native American tribes. Lakeland was settled in the 1870s and expanded in the 1880s with the arrival of rail service. Lakeland is home to the 1,267 acre Circle B Bar Reserve.

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