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  2. Tavares, Florida - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .tavares .org. Tavares ( / tʌvˈɛəriz /, tuh-VAIR-ees) is a city and the county seat of Lake County, Florida. [4] The population at the 2020 census was 19,003, [5] and in 2019 the population was estimated to be 17,749. [6] It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area .

  3. Florida State Road 19 - Wikipedia

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    County Road 19A is a county suffixed alternate route of State Road 19 between Tavares and western Mount Dora in Lake County in Florida, although neither of the termini is SR 19. The road begins at County Road Old 441, as Dora Avenue, which also runs south as a city street to County Road 452. North of CR Old 441, it shift further and further ...

  4. Tavares and Gulf Railroad - Wikipedia

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    History. The Tavares and Gulf Railroad was first incorporated in 1881 as the Tavares, Apopka and Gulf Railway. As its name suggests, it was intended to run from Central Florida southwest to the Gulf of Mexico near Fort Myers but it never made it that far. Construction began on July 15, 1885, from Ellsworth Junction and 12 miles of the line was ...

  5. Tavares, Eustis & Gulf Railroad - Wikipedia

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    Tavares, Eustis & Gulf Railroad. The Tavares, Eustis & Gulf Railroad ( TE&G ), advertised as the Orange Blossom Cannonball, was a tourist railroad company operating excursion trains on historic track owned by the Florida Central Railroad, [1] from October 2011 to late March 2017. It had stops in three cities in the northern portion of Central ...

  6. Florida Central Railroad (current) - Wikipedia

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    The main route of the Florida Central Railroad from Tavares to Orlando was originally built by the Tavares, Orlando and Atlantic Railroad.It was incorporated in 1883, and built as an extension of the Leesburg and Indian River Railroad, which branched off the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad in Wildwood and ran through Leesburg to Tavares.

  7. Lake County, Florida - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .lakecountyfl .gov. Lake County is a county in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 383,956. [1] Its county seat is Tavares, [2] and its largest city is Clermont. Lake County is included in the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area .

  8. Harry C. Duncan House - Wikipedia

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    The Duncan House, or Harry C. Duncan House, is a historic home in Tavares, Florida, United States. It is located at 426 Lake Dora Drive. On August 8, 1997, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The home is notable as an example of the Colonial Revival style of architecture [2] and was designed by Katharine Cotheal Budd ...

  9. Tavares Seaplane Base - Wikipedia

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    Panorama of the Tavares Seaplane Base & Marina on Lake Dora. Tavares Seaplane Base covers an area of 50 acres (20 ha) at an elevation of 63 feet (19 m) above mean sea level. The seaplane landing area on Lake Dora is designated 9/27 and measures 3,000 by 200 feet (914 x 61 m). See also. List of airports in Florida; References