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Clermont is the most populous city in Lake County, within the U.S. state of Florida. The population was 43,021 in 2020. [ 11 ] It is about 22 miles (35 km) west of Orlando and 22 miles (35 km) southeast of Leesburg .
Cagan Crossings Community Library, built in 2008 in Clermont; Cooper Memorial Library: The Cooper Memorial Library's history began in 1905 when a traveling salesman stopped by a boarding house run by the Benjamin McCain family and promised to donate enough books to start a town library if he was able to sell his Chautauqua lectures. Money was ...
The Florida Citrus Tower is a 226-foot-tall (69 m) structure in Clermont, Florida. [2] Built in 1956 to allow visitors to observe the miles of surrounding orange groves, it was once among the most famous landmarks of the Orlando area .
The following year, the line was complete to Minneola and Clermont. The line would not beyond Clermont because the Orange Belt Railway would not permit the Tavares and Gulf from crossing their line there. [1] In 1890, the railroad was reorganized as the Tavares and Gulf Railroad. A branch from Wait's Junction to Oakland was also completed that ...
The Clermont chain of lakes is a chain of lakes centered on Clermont, Florida. The chain is orientated from southeast to northwest and fed primarily by streams and groundwater flow. They make up the middle part of the Palatlakaha River watershed which forms the headwaters of the Ocklawaha River.
How a town on the Gulf Coast of Florida that existed only for nine years made history, and then vanished
Sugarloaf Mountain's summit is the most prominent peak in the state, though it is about 10 percent lower than Florida's highest point, Britton Hill, which rises to 345 feet (105 m) above sea level in the Florida Panhandle. [4] Sugarloaf is more prominent than the most prominent hills in Louisiana or Delaware, two other low-lying states. [4]
The Clermont Woman's Club is a historic woman's club in Clermont, Florida, United States. It was organized in 1921. [2] The club is housed in an 1880s former one-room schoolhouse located at 655 Broome Street. [2] On January 7, 1993, the building was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.