Fort Meade, Florida is the oldest settlement in Polk County. It dates back to 1849 when a settlement grew up around the United States Cavalry fort during the Seminole Indian Wars.
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Just north of Haines City is the Baseball City Stadium the spring training home of the Kansas City Royals. Haines City is known as The Heart of Florida.
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Peanut Island, just north of West Palm Beach boasts an unusual piece of history - a nuclear fallout shelter constructed for President Kennedy during the Cold War era of the early 1960s.