Winter Haven
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city in Polk County, Florida, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- County
- Polk
- Platted harris corners
- 1884-1885
- Incorporated town
- June 22, 1911
- Incorporated city
- November 27, 1923
- Type
- Commission–Manager
- City
- 41.52 sq mi (107.53 km )
- Land
- 32.84 sq mi (85.05 km )
- Water
- 8.68 sq mi (22.47 km )
- Elevation
- 161 ft (49 m)
- Density
- 1,498.8/sq mi (578.68/km )
- Urban
- 253,251 ( US: 161st )
- Urban density
- 1,774.5/sq mi (685.1/km )
- Metro
- 725,046 ( US: 80th )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 12-78275
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Winter Haven
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Polk County
- Population
- 49219
- Area
- 103.40779
- Elevation
- 77
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Official website
- www.mywinterhaven.com
- Image
- Downtown Winter Haven, Florida.jpg
- Households
- 15423
- Dialing code
- 863
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- Commons category
- Winter Haven, Florida
- topic's main category
- Category:Winter Haven, Florida
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Winter Haven, Florida
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Winter Haven, Florida
- inception
- 1884-01-01
- P8168
- yaoi
- water as percent of area
- 21.6132
- per capita income
- 26158
- P12749
- Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi
- postal code
- 33888
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Encyclopedic overview
Winter Haven is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. It is located about 51 miles (82 km) east of Tampa and about 47 miles (76 km) southwest of Orlando, with neighboring Lakeland located to its west. The city's population was 49,219 at the 2020 census, making it the second most populous city in Polk County after Lakeland. It is a principal city of the Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Winter Haven” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.