John Westcott completed an extensive survey of the area, including mapping many of the local lakes. Henry Washington conducted the first survey of the area in 1843. ĭuring the 1840s and 1850s, the United States government conducted the first surveys of the area. The first American or European settlers in the area were encouraged to settle there by the Armed Occupation Act of 1842. In 1819, after the signing of the Adams-Onís Treaty, the United States gained control of Florida. Several small skirmishes during the war were fought in and around Winter Haven. During the Seminole Wars the Seminole leader, Chipco, and his followers were known to live in the Winter Haven area. In the 19th century the Creek and the Seminole were known to live and hunt in this area. During these expeditions the Spanish explorers claimed the entire peninsula of Florida for the Spanish monarchy By the 19th century, both these groups no longer existed. The Timucua were particularly affected by the expedition of Hernando de Soto. Both of these groups were deeply affected by war and disease from the Spanish conquest of Florida in the early 1500s. The Timucua and the Calusa were the earliest known inhabitants of the land that would become Winter Haven. It is a principal city of the Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Census Bureau's 2019 estimates, this city had a population of 44,955, making it the second most populated city in Polk County. The population was 49,219 at the 2020 census.
Winter Haven is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States.
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