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Lake Placid Florida |
Lake Placid is located in Highlands County east of Arcadia between Lake Placid and Lake June along US Highway 27 near Lake Okeechobee.
There is also a Lake Placid, New York.
As the first settler, Thomas Knight brought the first citrus trees to the area in 1869.
On April 29, 1927 the Lake Stearns Commissioners accepted a proposal to change the town's name from Lake Stearns to Lake Placid and approved the attorney to submit request to the State Legislature.