Lake Okeechobee (US: /oʊkiˈtʃoʊbi/ oh-kee-CHOH-bee) is the largest freshwater lake in the U.S. state of Florida. It is the eighth-largest natural freshwater...
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Okeechobee may refer to: Lake Okeechobee, in Florida, United States Okeechobee, Florida, United States Okeechobee County, Florida, United States Okeechobee...
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Okeechobee (US: /oʊkiˈtʃoʊbi/ OH-kee-CHOH-bee) is a city in and the county seat of Okeechobee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 US census...
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was 39,644. The county seat is Okeechobee. Okeechobee County was incorporated in 1917. It was named for Lake Okeechobee, which was itself named for the...
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Okeechobee station may refer to: Okeechobee station (Amtrak), a train station in Okeechobee, Florida, serving Amtrak Okeechobee station (Metrorail), a...
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The Okeechobee hurricane of 1928, also known as the San Felipe Segundo hurricane, was one of the deadliest hurricanes in the recorded history of the North...
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The Okeechobee Correctional Institution is a state prison for men located in Okeechobee, Okeechobee County, Florida, owned and operated by the Florida...
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Okeechobee station is a Metrorail station in Hialeah, Florida. The station is located at the intersection of West 20th Street and Okeechobee Road (US 27)...
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The Okeechobee Waterway or Okeechobee Canal is a relatively shallow artificial waterway in the United States, stretching across Florida from Fort Myers...
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Okeechobee High School is a public high school for grades 9–12 in Okeechobee County, Florida, United States. The school belongs to the Okeechobee County...
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the Kissimmee River, which discharges into the vast but shallow Lake Okeechobee. Water leaving the lake in the wet season forms a slow-moving river 60...
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The Battle of Lake Okeechobee was one of the major battles of the Second Seminole War. It was fought between 800 Federal troops of the 1st, 4th, and 6th...
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The Okeechobee Plain is a major geologic feature of Florida formed during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs and named for Okeechobee County, Florida...
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Evan Neal (category People from Okeechobee, Florida)
draft. Neal was born on September 19, 2000, in Okeechobee, Florida. He originally attended Okeechobee High School before transferring to IMG Academy in...
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Cucurbita okeechobeensis (redirect from Okeechobee gourd)
Cucurbita okeechobeensis, the Okeechobee gourd, is a species of gourd in the family Cucurbitaceae, native to Mexico and the United States. There are two...
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the Royal Poinciana Hotel, The Breakers, and Whitehall. In 1928, the Okeechobee hurricane struck Palm Beach County and caused thousands of deaths. More...
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Jaega (section East Okeechobee culture region)
of the Jaega. The area occupied by the Jaega corresponds to the East Okeechobee culture region, an archaeological culture that is part of, or closely...
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Florida East Coast Railway (redirect from Okeechobee Branch)
through largely rural agricultural land to Okeechobee, a small town on the north side of Lake Okeechobee. South of Holopaw, the line roughly parallels...
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Okeechobee County Airport (IATA: OBE, ICAO: KOBE, FAA LID: OBE) is a general aviation airport located 3 mi (4.82 km) northwest of Okeechobee, in Okeechobee...
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Maimi) were Native American people who lived around Lake Mayaimi (now Lake Okeechobee) in the Belle Glade area of Florida from the beginning of the Common Era...
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On average, Florida is the flattest state in the United States. Lake Okeechobee, the largest lake in Florida, is the tenth-largest natural freshwater...
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The Kissimmee/Okeechobee Lowland is one of 47 distinct lake regions within the state of Florida, United States. The Kissimmee/Okeechobee is located in...
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Florida State Road 704 (redirect from Okeechobee Boulevard)
State Road 704 (SR 704), also known as Okeechobee Boulevard, is a 10.199-mile-long (16.414 km) east–west boulevard in the West Palm Beach area, known for...
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The effects of the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane in Florida included at least 2,500 fatalities in the state, making this the second deadliest tropical cyclone...
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The Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival (commonly referred to as Okeechobee) is an annual four-day music and arts festival. It is held at the 600-acre Sunshine...
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The Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail (LOST) is a 109-mile multi-use path around Lake Okeechobee, the seventh largest lake in the United States and the largest...
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events under the brand Dreamstate. The company also owns a stake in the Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival. Insomniac is also involved in the operation of...
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3,500 fatalities during the period, most of which were from the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. The 1947 season was the year with the most tropical cyclones...
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Haven, Lake Wales, Sebring, Clewiston, Avon Park, Arcadia, Poinciana, and Okeechobee City. Numbering plan area (NPA) 863 used to be part of NPA 305, which...
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vicinity of the island, on average, every seven years. Since 1851, the Lake Okeechobee Hurricane (also known as the San Felipe Segundo hurricane in Puerto Rico)...
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