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Okeechobee County, FL

Okeechobee County is located landlocked in south Florida, but a namesake lake on its southern edge provides a good selection of waterfront residential properties. This county was incorporated in 1917 and took its name from this neighboring 730-square-mile Lake Okeechobee, dubbed as Florida’s “inland sea.” The lake’s name was phrased from the Native American tribe Hitchiti words oka (water) and chobi (big) descriptive of this body of water.

The county seat and largest city is likewise named after this lake, which is Florida’s largest freshwater lake and the seventh largest in the U.S. Lake Okeechobee All told, the county’s area totaling 769 square miles is 13.8 percent water (123 square miles) that contribute significantly to the local quality of living and demand for Okeechobee homes for sale.

Lakeside Trail and Blue-ribbon Events

The lake opens leisure opportunities not only for boating, freshwater fishing, and other water-based recreational activities. It also features the Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, a 109-mile multi-use path around the body of water perfect for hiking and biking. Besides Okeechobee County, this trail also traverses four other counties around the lake—Hendry, Glades, Martin and Palm Beach.

The city of Okeechobee is notably less than a mile north of the lake and thus provides an easy access point to this trail. But even more than this, the town takes pride in its title as “Speckled Perch Capital of the World” and holds an annual festival on this theme. Held each March in the Okeechobee downtown, this extravaganza is the city’s biggest annual affair. Its features, which attracts thousands of visitors from out of town, include a parade and vendors of crafts and food including colorful Seminole items.

Other popular local events include the Okeechobee County Fair, Okeechobee Cattlemen’s Rodeo, and the Day of the Cowboy, an event highlighted by a cattle drive across town. The county is likewise home to several nature parks, including its main draw—the State Park Kissimmee Prairie Preserve—popular for camping and birding.

For business locators, as well as Okeechobee’s would-be home buyers, the transport infrastructures of the county earn a big checkmark on their wish lists. Both the east and west coasts of the Sunshine State, as well as Central Florida, are conveniently accessible from Okeechobee.

Potent Transport Network

State Road 70 is one of the vital corridors that link the county to the various markets of Florida. This road extends west up to US 41 south of the city of Bradenton in Manatee County. Eastward, SR 70 connects to the intersection of US Route 1 and State Route 5 in Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County.  

Okeechobee additionally counts on its two industrial parks and the efforts of the local Chamber of Commerce to drive the county’s economy. Bids for new business locators are welcomed at the 124-acre The Okeechobee Commerce Center that the City of Okeechobee has developed along the CSX rail system. Similar opportunities for businesses to set roots in Okeechobee can be explored in the county’s Airport Industrial Park with an area of 180 acres and right within one of Florida’s vital air transport complex.

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