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Poinciana (English: / p ɔɪ n s i ˈ æ n ə /) is a settlement and census-designated place (CDP) in Osceola and Polk counties in the U.S. state of Florida. It is part of the Greater Orlando area. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 69,309.
The city was planned by the Tropical Florida Development Company [3] (later Poinciana Development Company [4]) of Miami in 1925, [5] [1] advertising the community as a future "Miami of the Gulf Coast". The city was to have been built on the north side of the mouth of the river, on 3 land sections totaling over 100 square miles.
Osceola County was created in 1887. On July 21, 1821, Florida was divided into two counties, named Escambia County to the west and St. John's County to the east. In 1824, the southern part of St. John's County became Mosquito County, with Enterprise as the county seat.
An aerial view of the lots owned by Miami-Dade County that make up the Poinciana industrial site, a collection of vacant property long targeted for economic development in Liberty City.
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POINCIANA, Fla. (AP) — Two people in Florida were arrested after one of them made a 911 call to get help with moving their belongings from a home they were burglarizing, authorities said.
Kissimmee (/ k ɪ ˈ s ɪ m i / ⓘ kih-SIM-ee) [4] is the largest city and county seat [5] of Osceola County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 79,226. It is a Principal City of the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2020 population of 2,673,376
The Osceola Library System is a public library system serving Osceola County in Central Florida. The main branch is the Hart Memorial Central Library in historic downtown Kissimmee. The system has large branch locations in St. Cloud, Buenaventura Lakes, Poinciana, and West Osceola, as well as a small branch in Kenansville. [1]