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Lakeland was first settled in the 1870s and began to develop as the rail linesreached the area in 1884. It was incorporated 1 January 1885. The town was founded by Abraham Munn (a resident of Louisville, Kentucky), who purchased 80 acres (320,000 m2) of land in what is now downtown Lakeland in 1882 and plattedthe land for the town in 1884. Among the names considered (and rejected) for the town by its residents were Munnville, Red Bug and Rome City. In April 1898, the Spanish-American War began and started a crucial point in Lakeland's development. While the war ended quickly and had little impact on most of the nation, the Florida peninsula was used as a launch point for the war and the then small town of Lakeland would house over 9,000 troops The dominant feature in Lakeland is the city's many lakes. There are 38 named lakes in Lakeland with a number of other bodies of water unnamed, mostly phosphate mine pits that eventually filled with water. The largest of these is Lake Parker which is 2,550 acres (10.3 km2) in size. Much of the culture of Lakeland revolves around its many lakes, and many people use the lakes as reference points in much the same way that people in other towns use streets as reference points, such as "I live near Lake Beulah." In addition to Lake Parker, some of the more prominent lakes in the Lakeland area are Lake Hollingsworth, Lake Morton, Lake Mirror, and Lake Gibson. Because Lakeland is the largest city on Interstate 4 between Tampa and Orlando, the city is an important transportation hub. The county nickname, Imperial Polk County, was coined because a large bond issue in 1914 enabled wide roads between the cities of Polk County. Then county commission clerk W.S. Wev proposed that an arch be placed over the entrance of every road entering Polk County heralding the motorist's entrance into "Imperial Polk County." The allusion was to the saying "All roads lead to (imperial) Rome" In 1990, Lakeland made its Hollywood debut when the Southgate Shopping Center was featured in the movie Edward Scissorhands. The webcomic Shotgun Shuffle takes place in Lakeland, Fla. The East Lake Morton Residential District is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on July 9, 1993) located in Lakeland, Florida. The district is bounded by Orange Street, Ingraham Avenue, Palmetto Street, Lake Morton Drive and Massachusetts Avenue. It contains 215 historic buildings. History Districts • Beacon Hill-Alta Vista Residential District • Biltmore-Cumberland Historic District • Dixieland Historic District • East Lake Morton Residential District • Lake Hunter Terrace Historic District • Munn Park Historic District • South Lake Morton Historic District Polk County is within the Tampa Bay television market. Bright House Networks is the cable television franchise serving Lakeland, which offers most television stations from the Tampa Bay market, as well as WFTV, the ABC affiliate from Orlando. WMOR-TV, anindependent television station, is licensed to Lakeland, with its studios in Tampa and its transmitter in Riverview. Lakeland and Polk County are within its own radio market. Local radio stations include: • WLKF 1430 AM • WONN 1230 AM • WWAB 1330 AM • WPCV 97.5 FM • WWRZ 98.3 FM WLLD 94.1 FM is licensed to Lakeland, but has wider focus on the Tampa Bay area, with studios in St. Petersburg. WKES 91.1 FM is also licensed to Lakeland as part of the statewide Moody Radio Florida network, with studios in Seminole, near St. Petersburg. Most major stations from Tampa Bay and a few from Orlando are also available. The local newspaper is The Ledger, owned by Halifax Media Group. The Lakeland Amtrak station is a train station in Lakeland, Florida, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. Lakeland is unique in that it has two separate Amtrak station codes; one for passengers traveling to points north and the other for passengers traveling points south.
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