Fort Meade
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city in Polk County, Florida, United States
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Within Vinony's link graph, Fort Meade is referenced by 306 other articles, and connects out to race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Polk County and Florida.
The entry is geolocated on the map in FL.
It is catalogued under topics including 1849 establishments in Florida, Cities in Florida and Cities in Polk County, Florida.
Its subject is documented across 36 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- County
- Polk
- Type
- Commission-Manager
- City
- 8.55 sq mi (22.15 km )
- Land
- 8.19 sq mi (21.20 km )
- Water
- 0.37 sq mi (0.95 km )
- Elevation
- 144 ft (44 m)
- Density
- 623.2/sq mi (240.62/km )
- Metro
- 584,383
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 12-24100
- Website
- www .cityoffortmeade .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Fort Meade
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Polk County
- Population
- 5100
- Area
- 13.649216
- Elevation
- 42
- Official website
- www.cityoffortmeade.com
- Image
- ChristChurch.jpg
- Households
- 2164
- Dialing code
- 863
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- Commons category
- Fort Meade, Florida
- postal code
- 33841
- water as percent of area
- 4.4303
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Fort Meade, Florida
- inception
- 1849-00-00
- P8168
- The Sum of All Fears
- per capita income
- 22643
- different from
- Fort Meade
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Encyclopedic overview
Fort Meade is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Fort Meade had a population of 5,100. It is part of the Lakeland–Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The city was named for George Meade, at the time an Army lieutenant serving in Florida following the Second Seminole War. Fort Meade is home to Fort Meade Middle-Senior High School, several historic buildings, and Streamsong resort. The area is popular with kayakers and canoers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fort Meade” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.