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Also known as Tavares, Florida, Tavares, FL

city in and seat of Lake County, Florida, United States

Key facts

Country
United States
State
Florida
County
Lake
Total
13.97 sq mi (36.17 km )
Land
12.37 sq mi (32.03 km )
Water
1.60 sq mi (4.14 km )
Elevation
118 ft (36 m)
Density
1,536.7/sq mi (593.34/km )
Time zone
UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
Summer dst
UTC-4 (EDT)
Fips code
12-71225
Website
www .tavaresfl .gov

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Official name
Tavares
Located in
Lake County
Population
19003
Area
28.330746
Elevation
23
Capital of
Lake County
Official website
www.tavares.org
Image
Lakectych-Tavares01.jpg
Households
7610
Dialing code
352
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Commons category
Tavares, Florida
postal code
32778
water as percent of area
13.1359
inception
1880-01-01
per capita income
31734
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Encyclopedic overview

Tavares (/tʌvˈɛəriz/, tuh-VAIR-ees) is a city and the county seat of Lake County, Florida. Its population at the 2020 census was 19,003. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford metropolitan statistical area.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tavares” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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