Lakeland is a city in Polk County, Florida, located along Interstate 4 east of Tampa. It is part of the Tampa Bay Area. According to the 2013 U.S. Census Bureau estimate, the city had a population of 100,710. Lakeland is a principal city of the Lakeland–Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area (coterminous with Polk County), which had an estimated population of 623,009 in July 2013 based on data from the University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research. It is twinned with Richmond Hill, Ontario; Imabari, Ehime, Japan; Bălți, Moldova; Portmore, Jamaica; and Chongming County, Shanghai, China through the Lakeland chapter of Sister Cities International. Native Americans began to live in the area 12,000 years ago. White settlers arrived in Lakeland in the 1870s and the city expanded in the 1880s with the arrival of rail service. Lakeland is home to the 1,267-acre Circle B Bar Reserve.
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I just moved here no comments
I just moved here and I have been in confinement for approximately 2 months were I live is very mature
Stores give special hours for seniors. Transportation to and from doctors offices for non-drivers.Affordable housing for different life styles.
This community has a lot to offer age friendly and multiple program's geared towards an age friendly community lots of walking trails lakes and service's grat retirement communities and educational program's. That's what makes Polk county a great age friendly community.
Lakeland has a very big retirement population and we also have a lot of retired couple that come for just the winter