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Lake Wales
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city in Polk County, Florida, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- County
- Polk
- Incorporated town
- May 28, 1917
- Type
- Commission-Manager
- Total
- 20.12 sq mi (52.10 km )
- Land
- 18.85 sq mi (48.81 km )
- Water
- 1.27 sq mi (3.30 km )
- Elevation
- 128 ft (39 m)
- Density
- 868.2/sq mi (335.22/km )
- Demonym
- Lake Walean
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 33800-33898
- Fips code
- 12-38950
- Website
- www .lakewalesfl .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Lake Wales, FL - Official Website | Official Website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Lake Wales
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Polk County
- Population
- 16361
- Area
- 51.688138
- Elevation
- 45
- Official website
- www.cityoflakewales.com
- Image
- Bok Tower rear.JPG
- Households
- 6363
- Dialing code
- 863
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- Commons category
- Lake Wales, Florida
- topic's main category
- Category:Lake Wales, Florida
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lake Wales, Florida
- inception
- 1911-01-01
- P8168
- Ellen van Langen
- water as percent of area
- 6.3339
- per capita income
- 24086
- postal code
- 33898
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Lake Wales is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 16,361 at the 2020 census.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lake Wales” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.