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County	Polk
County Seat	Bartow
CITY OF LAKE WALES
Incorporated	1917
Size	13.99 square mile
Property tax rate $8.19 per $1,000 worth of assessed taxable property
1998 Average sale price	Single family home $72,000-$104,000
The following information includes Lake Wales city limits plus a 3 mile radius
Households	5,863
Households Greater Lake Wales - 2000	23,937
Average household size	2.48
Median family income	25,543.00
Population 2000	14,830
Male - 45% Female - 55%
Population Polk County - 2000	483,924

LAKE WALES TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Emergency	911
CITY SERVICE
Municipal Administration Building 201 West Central Avenue	863-678-4182
Library 290 Cypress Gardens Lane	863-678-4004
Depot Museum 325 South Scenic Highway	863-678-4209
Airport 450 Airport Road	863-678-1003
Police Department 133 East Tillman Avenue	863-678-4223
Fire Department 253 West Central Avenue	863-678-4203
Community $ Recreation Center 315 North Walker Street	863-678-4003
Water, Sewer, Garbage 201 West Central Avenue	863-678-4196
UTILITIES & TRASH COLLECTION
Progress Energy	1-800-700-8744
Blue Flame Gas 210 East North Avenue	863-676-2917
Central Florida Gas Company 1015 Sixth Street NW, Winter Haven	863-293-2125
Verizon	1-800-483-4000
Florida Refuse 3820 Maine Ave., Lakeland	863-294-8778
NEWSPAPERS, RADIO, TELEVISION
Lake Wales News 140 East Stuart Avenue	863-676-3467
News Chief 650 Sixth Street SW, Winter Haven	863-294-7731
The Ledger 100 State Road 60 West	863-676-7118
WIPC - 1280 AM 630 Mountain Lake Cut-Off Road	863-679-8842
Comcast Cablevision 226 South First Street	863-676-8514
POLK COUNTY
Main Switchboard 330 West Church Street, Bartow	863-534-6000
Courthouse Annex 642 State Road 60 West	863-678-4002
Health Department 305 West Central Avenue	863-678-4144
Sheriff's Department 860 Thompson Nursery Road	863-678-4170
Veteran's Service Office 1290 Golfview Avenue, Bartow	863-534-5220
STATE OF FLORIDA
Driver's Licenses 343 West Central Avenue	863-678-4160
Labor & Employment 648 State Road 60 West	863-678-4155
License Tag and Title 624 State Road 60 West	863-678-4295
Post Office 6 West Park Avenue	1-800-275-8777
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
245 West Central Ave., Winter Haven	1-800-772-1213
VETERAN AFFAIRS
St. Petersburg, FL	1-800-827-1000

TEMPERATURE & PRECIPITATION AVERAGE
Month	High Avg.	Low Avg.	Precip. (Inch.)
January	73.8	48.1	2.3
February	75.7	49.3	3.1
March	80.6	54.4	3.2
April	85.4	58.4	1.5
May	89.8	63.8	4.4
June	91.8	69.2	7.3
July	92.6	70.7	7.4
August	92.4	71.2	7.2
September	90.6	70.1	5.5
October	86.1	63	2
November	80	55.7	2.2
December	75.4	50.1	2.2

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