Lake Placid is a town in Highlands County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Sebring Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,360. The town has two nicknames: "Town of Murals" and "Caladium Capital of the World". Lake Placid has 47 murals painted on buildings throughout the town, and 98 percent of the world's caladiu…
Lake Placid is a town in Highlands County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Sebring Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,360. The town has two nicknames: "Town of Murals" and "Caladium Capital of the World". Lake Placid has 47 murals painted on buildings throughout the town, and 98 percent of the world's caladium bulbs come from Lake Placid. There are 14 caladium farms, spanning 1,200 acres, and these plants have been grown in the area since the 1940s. In 2013, Reader's Digest named Lake Placid America's Most Interesting Town.
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