Glades County, Florida places and people

Glades County, Florida Basics:

Glades County Florida - Government Site

Population: 13,139
Area: 806 square miles
County seat: Moore Haven
Area code(s) in use: 863
Time zone: EST
High school graduate or higher: 75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.2%
Median household income: $35,219
Persons in poverty: 25.3%
Home ownership rate: 78.1%
Mean travel time to work: 29.6 minutes

Adjacent counties:
Charlotte Desoto Hendry Highlands Lee Okeechobee Palm Beach

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Map of the Glades County area

Our detail map of Glades County shows the Glades County, Florida boundary lines and other interesting items.

Places in Glades County, Florida

Airports show all on map

Graham Landing Strip - Moore Haven Airport, Hilliard's Private Airport, Last Chance Ranch Airport, Lykes Brighton Airport, Lykes Palmdale Airport, Sundance Farms Airport

Bars show all on map

Observation Shoal

Bays show all on map

Blue Hole, Fisheating Bay, Moonshine Bay, Turners Cove

Beaches show all on map

Bends show all on map

Bridges show all on map

Fisheating Creek Bridge, Harney Pond Canal Bridge, Indian Prairie Canal Bridge, Moore Haven Bridge

Buildings show all on map

Buckhead Ridge Community Volunteer Fire Company, Glades County Emergency Management, Glades County Emergency Medical Services Station 1, Glades County Emergency Medical Services Station 3, Glades County Public Library, Glades County Sheriff's Office, Glades County Sheriff's Office, Indian Hills Volunteer Fire Department, Lakeport Volunteer Fire Department, Moore Haven Correctional Facility, Moore Haven Volunteer Fire Department, Muce Volunteer Fire Department, Ortona Volunteer Fire Department, Palmdale Volunteer Fire Department, Seminole Department of Law Enforcement, Seminole Tribe of Florida Brighton Indian Reservation Fire Department

Canals show all on map

Caloosahatchee Canal, Canal C-40, Harney Pond Canal, Indian Prairie Canal, Ninemile Canal, Old Moore Haven Canal

Cemeteries show all on map

Ortona Cemetery

Census show all on map

Buckhead Ridge Census Designated Place

Channels show all on map

Brice Fine Pass, Cochrans Pass, Okeechobee Waterway, Whiddens Pass

Churches show all on map

Buckhead Ridge Christian Church, Church of God of Moore Haven, First Baptist Church, Indian Church, Lakeport Church, Lakeport Church of Christ, New Hope Baptist Church, Ortona Church, Saint Josephs Church

Dams show all on map

Guts show all on map

Dynamite Pass, Gannet Slough, Gator Slough, Nicodemus Slough

Harbors show all on map

Port La Belle Marina

Islands show all on map

Boar Hammock, Boomers Island, Cabbage Island, Coffee Mill Hammock, Curry Island, Grass Island, Long Hammock, Observation Island, Saddle Hammock

Lakes show all on map

Donald Peeples Pond, Grogan Lake, Jacks Lake, Lake Hicpochee, Lykes Brothers Pond, Picnic Lake, Rock Lake, W H Peeples Pond One, W H Peeples Pond Three, W H Peeples Pond Two

Locales show all on map

Benbow Number Three, Benbow Number Two, Citrus Center, Gramlin Number Two, Liberty Point Number Two Siding, Silver Lake Ranch, South Florida Water Management District Pumping Station 127, South Florida Water Management District Pumping Station 129, South Florida Water Management District Pumping Station 131

Military show all on map

Fort Thompson (historical)

Mines show all on map

Caloosahatchee Rock Mine

Parks show all on map

Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area, Fisheating Creek Wildlife Refuge, Tom Lykes Park

Populated Places show all on map

Benbow, Buckhead Ridge, Calusa Mobile Home Park, Cypress Ridge Estates Mobile Home Park, Fort Centre, Goodno, Hall City, Harrisburg, Holbrook Trailer Park, Lakeport, Liberty Point, Mayaimi (historical), Monkey Box, Moore Haven, Moore Haven Trailer Park, Muce, Ortona, Palmdale, Robert's Trailer Park, Sarasota Colony, Shawnee, Washington Park

Post Offices show all on map

Moore Haven Post Office

Schools show all on map

Booker T Washington School, Brighton Indian Day School, Moore Haven Adult Education Center, Moore Haven Elementary School, Moore Haven Junior-Senior High School

Streams show all on map

Bee Branch, Chaparral Slough, Cypress Branch, Deadmans Branch, East Prong Pollywog Creek, Fisheating Creek, Gopher Gully, John Henry Slough, Long Hammock Creek, Pollywog Creek, Rainey Slough, Turkey Branch, York Branch

Swamps show all on map

Big Sawgrass Swamp, Clay Slough, Cowbone Marsh, Linden Pens Marsh, Sixmile Marsh

Towers show all on map

Lykes Lookout Tower, Palmdale Lookout Tower, WKZY-FM (La Belle),

Glades County, Florida Population By Race (2012 estimate)
Race	Population
White	10,511
Black	1,734
American Indian	670
Mixed	118
Asian	91
Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0

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