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Lake Alfred, Florida

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The city of Lake Alfred is located in Polk County.

Typical abbreviation for Lake Alfred: Lk. Alfred

Lake Alfred is 40 feet [12.19 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Lake Alfred lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Lake Alfred, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Lake Alfred had a population of 3,890 people<2> (or 0.8% of the total population of Polk County).

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Lake Alfred had a population of 4,508 people. This is an increase of 15.89% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Lake Alfred.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
20084,508+15.89%+1.08% since 2007
20074,460+14.65%+2.84% since 2006
20064,337+11.49%+7.62% since 2005
20054,030+3.6% 
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20003,890The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Auburndale   W4 mi [6.44 km]14,35330.1% increase
 Bartow   S15 mi [24.14 km]16,91910.29% increase
 Davenport   NE8 mi [12.87 km]2,56033.06% increase
 Dundee   SE8 mi [12.87 km]3,27612.5% increase
 Eagle Lake   S8 mi [12.87 km]2,7349.54% increase
 Haines City   E6 mi [9.66 km]19,05644.65% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Lake Alfred.

Website for Lake Alfred

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for either Lake Alfred or Polk County, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.


Official Website:   www.ci.lake-alfred.fl.us/
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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Lake Alfred. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Lake Alfred:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Lake Alfred? Please visit the Map Page for Lake Alfred.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lake Alfred - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Lake Alfred.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Lake Alfred and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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