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Statistics & Facts

Location

History & History-related items

Government

Miscellany

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Statistics & Facts

The Florida state capital is Tallahassee.
The population of Lake Clarke Shores is approximately 3,460 (2005).
The approximate number of families is 1,433 (1990).
The amount of land area in Lake Clarke Shores is 2.526 sq. kilometers.
The amount of land area in Lake Clarke Shores is 1.0 sq. miles.
The amount of surface water is 0.201 sq kilometers.
The distance from Lake Clarke Shores to Washington DC is 864 miles.
The distance to the Florida state capital is 368 miles. (as the crow flies)
Lake Clarke Shores is positioned 26.64 degrees north of the equator and 80.07 degrees west of the prime meridian.
Lake Clarke Shores elevation is 10 feet above sea level.
Lake Clarke Shores median income is $ 61,328 (2000).
The Lake Clarke Shores median home price is $ 149,200 (2000).

Location

in southeastern Florida not far from West Palm Beach. Othernearby communities include Palm Springs, Glen Ridge, Cloud Lake, Lake Worth, Lake Worth Corridor, Gun Club Estates, Westgate-Belvedere Homes and Atlantis
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History & History Related Items

This area was once known as Florida Mango Grovelets. The actual name stems from John Clarke who purchased five acres of land near today's Hillcrest Cemetery. He began raising and processing pineapples here. By 1915 the pineapple boom was over as the railroad was extended and a blight ruined the crops. The lake on Clarke's land was named Lake Clarke. It later became more of a marsh once the Everglades were drained about 1917. The first real resident of the area was Zeb Vance Hooker who built a small structure in the southeast end of the lake around 1932. Several other families joined him over the next few years, but not until some land was dredged and a bridge built over the canal did the community begin to grow. The small community was known as Lake Clarke Isles in 1956.

Here is a history page for Lake Clarke Shores.
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The incorporation of Lake Clarke Shores

1957

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Lake Clarke Shores City Government

Town of Lake Clarke Shores Lake Clarke Shores

Miscellany

The population of Lake Clarke Shores was:
1990 - 3,364
2000 - 3,451
2005 - 3,460