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Welcome to Lane Park ...

Lane Park is located in Lake County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lane Park, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1883.

Lane Park is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Lane Park lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Lane Park: 352

Communities Also Named Lane Park ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Lane Park - it's located in Illinois.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lane Park.

Communities near Lane Park ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lane Park.

  • Apopka
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Ocoee
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocoee
    • Ocoee is located in Orange County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,168 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocoee <3>
  • Winter Garden
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Clermont
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Leesburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Eustis
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Groveland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Lady Lake
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Dora
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Minneola
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lane Park. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lane Park.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lane Park. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lane Park.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lane Park. See our Newspapers Page for Lane Park.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lane Park ...

Looking for more information about Lane Park? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lane Park, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lane Park.

Adding Lane Park to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lane Park in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lane Park was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Lane Park post office opened in 1883.

We also found Lane Park in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lane Park.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Lake, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lane Park - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/