Lakeland, Polk County, Florida Genealogy

United States Florida  Polk County  Lakeland

Quick Facts
Lakeland was first settled in the 1870s and began to develop as the rail lines reached the area in 1884. It was incorporated 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. Among the names considered (and rejected) for the town by its residents were Munnville, Red Bug and Rome City.

Cemeteries
FLGenWeb Project,Inc.cemeteryinfo and photo's


 * All Saints Episcopal Church All Saints Episcopal Church‎ 202 South Massachusetts Avenue Lakeland, FL‎
 * Carpenters Home
 * Collins
 * First Presbyterian Church Memorial Garden 175 Lake Hollingsworth Drive Lakeland, FL 33801
 * First United Methodist Church Columbarium
 * Florida Presbyterian Homes Memorial Gardens
 * Gapway
 * Griffin Established 1868 on land donated by James A. Chapman in 1865
 * Socrum also known as Bethel Baptist

Baptist

 * First Baptist (Southern Baptist Convention) A historic sketch: celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of the First Baptist Church, Lakeland, Florida, 1885-1945 ▲ BYU Family History Archives Minutes, membership 1897-1948  Minutes, membership 1948-1963

Episcopal

 * St. David's Episcopal Church records, 1953-1993 Baptisms, burials, marriages, 1953-1993 Communicants and confirmations St. David's history, May 16, 1953 - May 16, 1993

Directories

 * 1915-1916: Lakeland, with Auburndale, Bartow, Ft. Meade, Kathleen, Mulberry and Winter Haven
 * 1925: Bartow, with Auburndale, Babson Park, Fort Meade, Frostproof, Haines City, Lake Alfred, Lake Hamilton, Lake Wales, Lakeland, Mulberry and Winter Haven
 * 1925: Winter Haven, with Auburndale, Babson Park, Fort Meade, Frostproof, Haines City, Lake Alfred, Lake Hamilton, Lake Wales, Lakeland and Mulberry (R. L. Polk) (note: there is no film break between Winter Haven and Bartow)
 * 1928: Bartow, with Auburndale, Fort Meade, Haines City, Lake Wales, Lakeland, Mulberry, Winter Haven and others

History

 * Mosswood Remembered

Newspapers
The Lakeland Ledger

Societies, Libraries and Museums
Bartow Historical Library,Bartow, Fl.

Daughters of the Americal Revolution

Lakeland Public Library