Lake Wales, Florida has a commission/manager form of government. Grassy Lake is primarily made up of Lake Wales Ridge scrub land. Grassy Lake Preserve is a preserve located behind Janie Howard Wilson Elementary School. Virtually all physical damage has been restored. In 2004, the eyes of Hurricane Charley, Hurricane Frances, and Hurricane Jeanne all passed near the town. Lake Wales is located in the humid subtropical zone of the (Köppen climate classification: Cfa). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of, of which is land and (4.71%) is water. Lake Wales is located on the Lake Wales Ridge, a sandy upland area running roughly parallel to both coasts in the center of the peninsula. The town lies near the geographical center of the Florida peninsula. In 2017, Hurricane Irma brought more hurricane-force winds to Lake Wales. The three hurricanes brought hurricane-force winds to the Lake Wales area within a space of 44 days. In 2004, Lake Wales endured the effects of three hurricanes which came through the area: Hurricane Charley, Hurricane Frances and Hurricane Jeanne. The City of Lake Wales was officially incorporated in April 1917. A depot was opened on this line at Lake Wales. In 1925 the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad built a new line from Haines City joining lines to Everglades City. He and his crew camped on the shores of Crystal Lake and spent months plotting out the new community. Allen Carleton Nydegger, a Civil Engineer, was contracted by the Lake Wales Land Company to plot out the community of Lake Wales. The spelling Wales was used for the city, although the lake is still generally spelled Lake Wailes. The city of Lake Wales was established near the lake in 1911–1912, planned by the Lake Wales Land Company.
The land around the present city was surveyed in 1879 by Sidney Irving Wailes, who changed the name of a lake, then known as Watts Lake, to Lake Wailes.
Lake Wales is located in central Florida, west of Lake Kissimmee and east of Tampa. It is part of the Lakeland–Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 14,225 at the 2010 census. Lake Wales is a city in Polk County, Florida.
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