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In 1880, Eagle Lake was first settled when John Bingham purchased 160 acres on a knoll between the areas now known as Eagle Lake, Lake McLeod, and Spirit Lake. He named the lake and community "Eagle Lake", because he saw an eagle that was nesting in a nearby pine tree by the lake, from the viewpoint of the log cabin he built. When he sold his land in 1887, it was platted as a community that same year.

On October 1921, the "Town of Eagle Lake" was officially incorporated as a municipality, and was later reincorporated as the City of Eagle Lake on November 1975.

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Tracy McGradyTracy McGradyBartow · 7 miAmar'e StoudemireAmar'e StoudemireLake Wales · 10 miFaith EvansFaith EvansLakeland · 13 miGram ParsonsGram ParsonsWinter Haven · 5 miVin BakerVin BakerLake Wales · 10 miGloria HendryGloria HendryWinter Haven · 5 mi
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Eagle Lake, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today12 photos
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Eagle Lake is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Eagle Lake has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Downtown Winter Haven Historic District in Winter Haven, 3.7 miles away.

Eagle Lake and the nearest listed places

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Downtown Winter Haven Historic DistrictWoman's Club of Winter HavenPope Avenue Historic DistrictCypress GardensWinter Haven Heights Historic Residential DistrictCraney Spec Houses Historic District

Closest to Eagle Lake

Downtown Winter Haven Historic DistrictWinter Haven · Vernacular3.7miWoman's Club of Winter HavenWinter Haven · Building3.7miPope Avenue Historic DistrictWinter Haven · Colonial Revival3.8miCypress GardensWinter Haven · District4miWinter Haven Heights Historic Residential DistrictWinter Haven · Vernacular4mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Downtown Winter Haven Historic District’s page links to a real one.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

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📜 Winter Haven📜 Bartow📜 Lake Hamilton📜 Auburndale

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