Lakeland, Florida 
Lakeland, Florida was incorporated January 1, 1885. The town was founded by Abraham Munn, who purchased 80 acres of land in what is now downtown Lakeland in 1882 and platted the land for the town in 1884. Munn was a resident of Louisville, Kentucky. Among the names considered (and rejected) for the town by its residents were Munnville, Red Bug and Rome City. The Florida boom resulted in the construction of many significant structures in Lakeland, a number of which are today listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This list includes the Terrace Hotel, New Florida Hotel (Regency Towers), Polk Theatre, Park Trammell Building (formerly the Lakeland Public Library and today the Lakeland Chamber of Commerce), and others. This was Lakeland's golden age. The Cleveland Indians held spring training here from 1923 to 1927.
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| Lakeland | FL | U.S. | |
| Population | 78,452 | 15,982,378 | 281,421,906 |
| Median age | 39.7 | 38.7 | 35.3 |
| Male Median age | 37.3 | 37.3 | 34 |
| Female Median age | 42 | 40.1 | 36.5 |
| Households | 33,509 | 6,337,929 | 105,480,101 |
| Household population | 74,742 | 15,593,433 | 273,643,273 |
| Average household size | 2.23 | 2.46 | 2.59 |
| Families | 20,361 | 4,210,760 | 71,787,347 |
| Average family size | 2.82 | 2.98 | 3.14 |
| Housing units | 38,980 | 7,302,947 | 115,904,641 |
| Occupied units | 33,509 | 6,337,929 | 105,480,101 |
| Vacant units | 5,471 | 965,018 | 10,424,540 |
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