Scenes/ Downtown We’re Suckers for Gorgeous Aerials Barry Friedman Oct 23, 2016 at 9:22 am Instagram: Historic Florida View this post on Instagram Aerial view of downtown Lakeland on a golden evening. "Lakeland was first settled in the 1870s and began to develop as the rail lines passed through the area in 1884 on their way to Tampa. Lakeland was incorporated on 1 January 1885. The town was founded by Abraham Munn (a resident of Louisville, Kentucky), who purchased 80 acres (320,000 m2) of land in what is now downtown Lakeland in 1882 and platted the land for the town in 1884. Lakeland was supposedly named for the many lakes near the town site." #florida #floridaforever #lakeland @cityoflakelandfl @howardwiggs A post shared by @ historic.florida on Oct 22, 2016 at 11:04pm PDT Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)
