Sebring, Florida
Encyclopedia
Sebring is a city in Highlands County
, Florida
, United States
, nicknamed "The City on the Circle", in reference to Circle Drive, the center of the Sebring Downtown Historic District
. In 2010, the United States Census Bureau
a population of 10,491.
It is the county seat
of Highlands County
, and is the principal city of the Sebring Micropolitan area.
Sebring is the home of the Sebring International Raceway, created on a former airbase, first used in 1950. It hosted the 1959 Formula One
United States Grand Prix
, but is currently best known as the host of the 12 Hours of Sebring
, an annually held American Le Mans Series
race. Nearby Highlands Hammock State Park
is a popular attraction. Additionally, the house where novelist Rex Beach
committed suicide is located on one of Sebring's main lakes, Lake Jackson.
is also named for George E. Sebring (1859–1927) and his family. It was chartered by the state of Florida in 1913, and was selected as the county seat of Highlands County when the county was created in 1921.
The city's geography is dominated by 9212 acres (37 km²) Lake Jackson
, but 420 acres (1.7 km²) Dinner Lake
and 137 acre (0.55441982 km²) Little Lake Jackson
are also within the city limits. Highlands county has more than 84 lakes, most of which are located in unincorporated areas of the county. Sebring lies on the southern end of the Lake Wales Ridge
, a chain of ancient islands that is the native habitat for many rare plants and animals. Most of the area is rural and part of the Florida scrub
ecosystem, with smaller areas of hammock
s and cypress
swamps, similar to those found at Highlands Hammock State Park
, four miles (6 km) west of Sebring.
Sebring's climate is a humid subtropical climate
(Köppen climate classification
Cfa), with hot, humid summers and cool, dry winters. Unlike most places with a similar climate classification, Sebring's rainfall is clearly seasonal, with approximately 57 percent of the total rainfall occurring in the June–September summer period. However, the variation between the wettest and driest months does not reach the threshold required for climate classification Cwa, which requires the wettest month to have ten times the precipitation of the driest month.
of 2000, there were 9,667 people, 3,969 households, and 2,305 families residing in the city. The population density
was 1,883.7 per square mile (727.6/km²). There were 5,024 housing units at an average density of 979.0 per square mile (378.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 75.81% White, 15.69% African American, 0.57% Native American, 0.74% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 5.06% from other races
, and 2.02% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.00% of the population.
There were 3,969 households out of which 23.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.0% were married couples
living together, 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.9% were non-families. 36.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 21.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.91.
In the city the population was spread out with 22.1% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 22.8% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 27.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 91.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $23,555, and the median income for a family was $29,915. Males had a median income of $21,799 versus $19,167 for females. The per capita income
for the city was $15,125. About 17.4% of families and 23.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 36.0% of those under age 18 and 12.0% of those age 65 or over.
As of 2000, speakers of English
as a first language
accounted for 89.39% of residents. Other languages in the city included Spanish
, spoken by 10.18% of the city's residents, and French
, spoken by 0.42%.
, as compared to a national average of 24.4% of adults over 25, and 67.6% of Sebring residents over the age of 25 have earned a high school
diploma, as compared to the national average of 80.4%. The School Board of Highlands County operates eight public schools drawing from the city of Sebring with a combined enrollment of approximately 6200 students; one kindergarten center, four elementary schools (1st through 5th grades), two middle schools (6th through 8th grades), and one high school (Sebring High School). One of the elementary schools and both of the middle schools received "A" grades under Florida's A+ school grading plan, based on pupil results on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
; none of the schools received a "D" or "F" grade. The county's graduation rate of 69.6% is below the state average, and the dropout rate of 5.7% is above the state average of 3.5%.
During segregation time, E.O. Douglass High School, Home of the Mighty Tigers, was located in this city for blacks throughout Highlands County. The last graduating class from this school is 1967. After desegregation, students from E.O. Douglass transferred to Lake Placid High and other schools that were provided to whites.
There is one community college in Highlands County, South Florida Community College
; its main campus is located just north of Sebring in neighboring Avon Park
. There are no four-year colleges in Sebring or in the county.
begins in Sebring and heads north to its terminus in Haines City
. State Road 64
(to the north) and State Road 66 (to the south) are important secondary roads. Several of Sebring's streets are named after automobile manufacturers or their models, as is evident in Peugeot
Street, Ferrari
Drive, Porsche
Avenue, Vantage
Terrace, Corvette
Avenue, and Thunderbird
Road, to name a few.
Sebring Regional Airport
is located a few miles southeast of the city and provides general aviation facilities for Sebring. The airport is also the home of the Sebring International Raceway, the host of the 12 Hours of Sebring
American Le Mans Series
automobile race, held annually in March. The nearest regularly scheduled passenger service is provided at Orlando International Airport
, 70 miles (112.7 km) to the north.
The city is served by Amtrak
from the Sebring Train Station
, a depot built in 1924 by the Seaboard Air Line and listed on the National Register of Historic Places
. Amtrak's daily service to Sebring consists of two trains each from the Silver Meteor
and Silver Star, heading south to Miami
and north to Tampa
, Orlando
and New York City
. CSX Transportation
owns the track over which Amtrak operates. The South Central Florida Express
railroad connects to the CSX line in Sebring, allowing transportation of sugar from Clewiston
to the rest of the country.
, the ABC
affiliate in Orlando
and WINK
, the CBS
affiliate in Fort Myers
/Naples
.
. Radio stations broadcasting from Sebring include WGSE
(95.7FM/Religious), WWLL
(105.7FM/Adult Contemporary), WITS (1340AM/Standards), and WJCM
(1050AM/Oldies).
The latter three are co-owned with WWOJ (99.1FM/Country), licensed to neighboring Avon Park and WWTK (730AM/News-Talk), licensed to Lake Placid, to the south. The five stations together operate from studios in Sebring on Highway 27 near the town's northern city limit.
, a daily local supplement to The Tampa Tribune
that covers newsworthy events in Highlands County. The weekly Lake Placid Journal, printed in nearby Lake Placid
, is also available.
Highlands County, Florida
Highlands County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. The U.S. Census Bureau 2006 estimate for the population was 97,346. Its county seat is Sebring, Florida. The county comprises the Sebring, Florida, Micropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...
, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, nicknamed "The City on the Circle", in reference to Circle Drive, the center of the Sebring Downtown Historic District
Sebring Downtown Historic District
The Sebring Downtown Historic District is a U.S. historic district located in Sebring, Florida. The district is at Circle Drive and Ridgewood Drive from Mango Street to Magnolia Avenue. It contains 22 historic buildings....
. In 2010, the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
a population of 10,491.
It is the county seat
County seat
A county seat is an administrative center, or seat of government, for a county or civil parish. The term is primarily used in the United States....
of Highlands County
Highlands County, Florida
Highlands County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. The U.S. Census Bureau 2006 estimate for the population was 97,346. Its county seat is Sebring, Florida. The county comprises the Sebring, Florida, Micropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...
, and is the principal city of the Sebring Micropolitan area.
Sebring is the home of the Sebring International Raceway, created on a former airbase, first used in 1950. It hosted the 1959 Formula One
Formula One
Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...
United States Grand Prix
United States Grand Prix
The United States Grand Prix is a motor race which has been run on and off since 1908, when it was known as the American Grand Prize. The race later became part of the Formula One World Championship. Over 41 editions, the race has been held at nine locations, most recently in 2007 at the...
, but is currently best known as the host of the 12 Hours of Sebring
12 Hours of Sebring
The 12 Hours of Sebring is an annual motorsport endurance race for sports cars held at Sebring International Raceway, a former Army Air Force base in Sebring, Florida...
, an annually held American Le Mans Series
American Le Mans Series
The American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada. It consists of a series of endurance and sprint races, and was created in the spirit of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Teams compete in one of five classes: LMP1, LMP2 and LMPC...
race. Nearby Highlands Hammock State Park
Highlands Hammock State Park
Highlands Hammock State Park is a park west of Sebring in Highlands County, Florida, off U.S. 27. The park opened in 1931, four years before the Florida state park system was created.-Flora:...
is a popular attraction. Additionally, the house where novelist Rex Beach
Rex Beach
Rex Ellingwood Beach was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.- Biography :...
committed suicide is located on one of Sebring's main lakes, Lake Jackson.
History
Sebring was founded in 1912. It was named after George Sebring, a pottery manufacturer from Ohio who developed the city. The village of Sebring, OhioSebring, Ohio
Sebring is a village in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,912 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area....
is also named for George E. Sebring (1859–1927) and his family. It was chartered by the state of Florida in 1913, and was selected as the county seat of Highlands County when the county was created in 1921.
Geography and climate
Sebring is located at 27°29′44"N 81°26′40"W. According to the Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.01 square miles (29 km²), 5.13 square miles (13 km²) of which is land and 5.88 square miles (15 km²) of which is water. Water comprises 53.4% of the city's total area.The city's geography is dominated by 9212 acres (37 km²) Lake Jackson
Lake Jackson (Sebring, Florida)
Lake Jackson, covering 9,212 acres , is located within the city of Sebring, Florida. Sebring is the county seat of Highlands County. Lake Jackson, a healthy freshwater lake, is approximately 25 feet at its deepest. Most of the area is fairly shallow...
, but 420 acres (1.7 km²) Dinner Lake
Dinner Lake
Dinner Lake is a lake located in Sebring, Florida. The lake averages about in depth, and the deepest point is approximately . Geologically speaking, the lake is part of the Eastern Complex of the Central Ridge subdivision of the Lake Wales division of the Central Lake District .Dinner Lake has...
and 137 acre (0.55441982 km²) Little Lake Jackson
Little Lake Jackson
Little Lake Jackson is a lake is located within the city of Sebring, Florida. It has a maximum depth of . On the north side is U.S. Highway 27 and across from that is Lake Jackson....
are also within the city limits. Highlands county has more than 84 lakes, most of which are located in unincorporated areas of the county. Sebring lies on the southern end of the Lake Wales Ridge
Lake Wales Ridge
The Lake Wales Ridge is a low ridge running for about 150 miles south to north in Central Florida. The greater part of the ridge is in Highlands County and Polk County, but it extends north into Osceola, Orange and Lake Counties. It is named for the city of Lake Wales, roughly at the mid point of...
, a chain of ancient islands that is the native habitat for many rare plants and animals. Most of the area is rural and part of the Florida scrub
Florida scrub
Florida scrub is an endangered temperate coniferous forest ecoregion of the state of Florida in the United States. It is found on coastal and inland sand ridges and is characterized by a xeromorphic plant community dominated by shrubs and dwarf oaks. Scrub soils, a type of entisol, are derived...
ecosystem, with smaller areas of hammock
Hammock (ecology)
Hammocks are dense stands of hardwood trees that grow on natural rises of only a few inches higher than surrounding marshland that is otherwise too wet to support them. Hammocks are distinctive in that they are formed gradually over thousands of years rising in a wet area through the deposits of...
s and cypress
Taxodium
Taxodium is a genus of one to three species of extremely flood-tolerant conifers in the cypress family, Cupressaceae...
swamps, similar to those found at Highlands Hammock State Park
Highlands Hammock State Park
Highlands Hammock State Park is a park west of Sebring in Highlands County, Florida, off U.S. 27. The park opened in 1931, four years before the Florida state park system was created.-Flora:...
, four miles (6 km) west of Sebring.
Sebring's climate is a humid subtropical climate
Humid subtropical climate
A humid subtropical climate is a climate zone characterized by hot, humid summers and mild to cool winters...
(Köppen climate classification
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by Crimea German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen himself, notably in 1918 and 1936...
Cfa), with hot, humid summers and cool, dry winters. Unlike most places with a similar climate classification, Sebring's rainfall is clearly seasonal, with approximately 57 percent of the total rainfall occurring in the June–September summer period. However, the variation between the wettest and driest months does not reach the threshold required for climate classification Cwa, which requires the wettest month to have ten times the precipitation of the driest month.
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of 2000, there were 9,667 people, 3,969 households, and 2,305 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 1,883.7 per square mile (727.6/km²). There were 5,024 housing units at an average density of 979.0 per square mile (378.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 75.81% White, 15.69% African American, 0.57% Native American, 0.74% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 5.06% from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 2.02% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.00% of the population.
There were 3,969 households out of which 23.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.0% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.9% were non-families. 36.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 21.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.91.
In the city the population was spread out with 22.1% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 22.8% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 27.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 91.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $23,555, and the median income for a family was $29,915. Males had a median income of $21,799 versus $19,167 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the city was $15,125. About 17.4% of families and 23.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 36.0% of those under age 18 and 12.0% of those age 65 or over.
As of 2000, speakers of English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
as a first language
First language
A first language is the language a person has learned from birth or within the critical period, or that a person speaks the best and so is often the basis for sociolinguistic identity...
accounted for 89.39% of residents. Other languages in the city included Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, spoken by 10.18% of the city's residents, and French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, spoken by 0.42%.
Education
According to the 2000 American Community Survey (conducted by the US Census Bureau), 13.8% of all adults over the age of 25 in Sebring have obtained a bachelor's degreeBachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
, as compared to a national average of 24.4% of adults over 25, and 67.6% of Sebring residents over the age of 25 have earned a high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
diploma, as compared to the national average of 80.4%. The School Board of Highlands County operates eight public schools drawing from the city of Sebring with a combined enrollment of approximately 6200 students; one kindergarten center, four elementary schools (1st through 5th grades), two middle schools (6th through 8th grades), and one high school (Sebring High School). One of the elementary schools and both of the middle schools received "A" grades under Florida's A+ school grading plan, based on pupil results on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, or the FCAT , is the standardized test used in the primary and secondary public schools of Florida...
; none of the schools received a "D" or "F" grade. The county's graduation rate of 69.6% is below the state average, and the dropout rate of 5.7% is above the state average of 3.5%.
During segregation time, E.O. Douglass High School, Home of the Mighty Tigers, was located in this city for blacks throughout Highlands County. The last graduating class from this school is 1967. After desegregation, students from E.O. Douglass transferred to Lake Placid High and other schools that were provided to whites.
There is one community college in Highlands County, South Florida Community College
South Florida Community College
South Florida Community College , serving more than 19,000 area residents annually, has campuses and centers in Highlands, DeSoto and Hardee counties, Fla. The Highlands Campus, on , is located two miles south of Avon Park, Florida. It is bounded on the north by Lake Lelia, to the south by Lake...
; its main campus is located just north of Sebring in neighboring Avon Park
Avon Park, Florida
Avon Park is a city in Highlands County, Florida, United States. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population in 2009 at 8,824. It is the oldest city in Highlands County, and was named after Stratford-upon-Avon, England.-History:...
. There are no four-year colleges in Sebring or in the county.
Transportation
Sebring has no interstate highways or other limited access roads. U.S. Route 27 (cosigned with U.S. Route 98 in Sebring) is the major artery providing access to the rest of the state. State Road 17Florida State Road 17
State Road 17 , also formerly known as Alternate U.S. 27, is a north–south state road in the U.S. state of Florida. It is split into two sections...
begins in Sebring and heads north to its terminus in Haines City
Haines City, Florida
Haines City is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. The population was 13,174 at the 2000 census. As of 2010, the population estimated by the Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University of Florida is 18,762. Haines City is the third most populous city in Polk County, Florida...
. State Road 64
Florida State Road 64
State Road 64 extends from State Road 789 approximately two blocks from the Gulf of Mexico in Holmes Beach in Manatee County to US 27/US 98 in Avon Park in Highlands County. State Road 64 travels from west to east through the counties of Manatee, Hardee and Highlands. It is a mostly rural 2-lane...
(to the north) and State Road 66 (to the south) are important secondary roads. Several of Sebring's streets are named after automobile manufacturers or their models, as is evident in Peugeot
Peugeot
Peugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën, the second largest carmaker based in Europe.The family business that precedes the current Peugeot company was founded in 1810, and manufactured coffee mills and bicycles. On 20 November 1858, Emile Peugeot applied for the lion...
Street, Ferrari
Ferrari
Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles as Ferrari S.p.A. in 1947...
Drive, Porsche
Porsche
Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry....
Avenue, Vantage
Aston Martin Vantage
Aston Martin has used the Vantage name on a number of vehicles, normally indicating a high-performance version of another model. In one case, during 1972–1973, the Vantage was a distinct model, being a straight-6 powered version of the DBS, a car that had been launched as a straight-6 but was by...
Terrace, Corvette
Corvette
A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, originally smaller than a frigate and larger than a coastal patrol craft or fast attack craft , although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role...
Avenue, and Thunderbird
Ford Thunderbird
The Thunderbird , is an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in the United States over eleven model generations from 1955 through 2005...
Road, to name a few.
Sebring Regional Airport
Sebring Regional Airport
Sebring Regional Airport is a general aviation airport located southeast of Sebring, in Highlands County, Florida. A portion of the old runway system is now Sebring International Raceway, home to the 12 Hours of Sebring, an American Le Mans series race, which has been held annually since 1952...
is located a few miles southeast of the city and provides general aviation facilities for Sebring. The airport is also the home of the Sebring International Raceway, the host of the 12 Hours of Sebring
12 Hours of Sebring
The 12 Hours of Sebring is an annual motorsport endurance race for sports cars held at Sebring International Raceway, a former Army Air Force base in Sebring, Florida...
American Le Mans Series
American Le Mans Series
The American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada. It consists of a series of endurance and sprint races, and was created in the spirit of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Teams compete in one of five classes: LMP1, LMP2 and LMPC...
automobile race, held annually in March. The nearest regularly scheduled passenger service is provided at Orlando International Airport
Orlando International Airport
Orlando International Airport is a major international airport located southeast of the central business district of Orlando. It is the second busiest airport in Florida, after Miami International Airport...
, 70 miles (112.7 km) to the north.
The city is served by Amtrak
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...
from the Sebring Train Station
Sebring (Amtrak station)
The Sebring Amtrak station is a historic train station in Sebring, Florida, United States currently served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. Located on East Center Avenue, the station was constructed in 1924 by the Seaboard Air Line Railway...
, a depot built in 1924 by the Seaboard Air Line and listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
. Amtrak's daily service to Sebring consists of two trains each from the Silver Meteor
Silver Meteor
The Silver Meteor is a 1389-mile passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the Silver Service brand, running from New York City, New York, south to Miami, Florida, via the Northeast Corridor to Washington, D.C., thence via Richmond, Virginia; Fayetteville, North Carolina; North Charleston, South...
and Silver Star, heading south to Miami
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
and north to Tampa
Tampa, Florida
Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....
, Orlando
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
and New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation operates a Class I railroad in the United States known as the CSX Railroad. It is the main subsidiary of the CSX Corporation. The company is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, and owns approximately 21,000 route miles...
owns the track over which Amtrak operates. The South Central Florida Express
South Central Florida Express
South Central Florida Express, Incorporated is a short line railroad in southern Florida run by U.S. Sugar. It serves customers at 26 locations.U.S. Sugar, the only sugar company in the continental U.S...
railroad connects to the CSX line in Sebring, allowing transportation of sugar from Clewiston
Clewiston, Florida
Clewiston is a city in Hendry County, Florida. The population was 6,460 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S Census estimates of 2005, the city had a population of 7,173. Clewiston is home to the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum and the Clewiston Museum.-History:...
to the rest of the country.
Television
Sebring is located in a fringe viewing area of the Tampa-St. Petersburg television market (DMA). In addition to the primary Tampa-market television signals, local services offer signals from WFTVWFTV
WFTV, channel 9, is the ABC-affiliated television station for Central Florida that is licensed to Orlando. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 39 from a transmitter between Bithlo and Christmas. Owned by Cox Enterprises, WFTV is sister to Independent WRDQ. The two stations...
, the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
affiliate in Orlando
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
and WINK
WINK-TV
WINK-TV, virtual channel 11, is the CBS-affiliated television station for Southwest Florida that is licensed to Fort Myers. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 50 from a transmitter north of Fort Myers Shores near the Lee and Charlotte County line in Punta Gorda. The...
, the CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
affiliate in Fort Myers
Fort Myers, Florida
Fort Myers is the county seat and commercial center of Lee County, Florida, United States. Its population was 62,298 in the 2010 census, a 29.23 percent increase over the 2000 figure....
/Naples
Naples, Florida
Naples is a city in Collier County, Florida, United States. As of July 1, 2007, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population at 21,653. Naples is a principal city of the Naples–Marco Island Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated total population of 315,839 on July 1, 2007...
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Radio
Sebring is the largest city in the Sebring radio market, which is ranked as the 288th largest in the United States by ArbitronArbitron
Arbitron is a consumer research company in the United States that collects listener data on radio audiences. It was founded as American Research Bureau by Jim Seiler in 1949 and became national by merging with L.A. based Coffin, Cooper and Clay in the early 1950s...
. Radio stations broadcasting from Sebring include WGSE
WGSE-LP
WGSE-LP is a low-power non-commercial radio station in Sebring, Florida, broadcasting to the Sebring area. It is affiliated with Radio 74 Internationale, an international religious broadcasting network. Other Florida stations in Radio 74 Internationale are nearby Avon Park-based WAPQ-LP and...
(95.7FM/Religious), WWLL
WWLL
WWLL is a radio station known as "105.7 Lite FM" which broadcasts from Sebring, in Highlands County, Florida, USA. The station's format is adult contemporary.-External links:*...
(105.7FM/Adult Contemporary), WITS (1340AM/Standards), and WJCM
WJCM
WJCM is a commercial radio station in Sebring, Florida, broadcasting to the Sebring area on 1050 AM. WJCM's format is oldies, or as the station defines it, "Cruisin Oldies". The station plays songs from the mid-fifties--Rock Around the Clock--to the early sixties--It's My Party, avoiding protest or...
(1050AM/Oldies).
The latter three are co-owned with WWOJ (99.1FM/Country), licensed to neighboring Avon Park and WWTK (730AM/News-Talk), licensed to Lake Placid, to the south. The five stations together operate from studios in Sebring on Highway 27 near the town's northern city limit.
Newspapers
Local print media include the News-Sun, a newspaper published on Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday, and Highlands TodayHighlands Today
Highlands Today is a Media General-owned newspaper published in Sebring, Florida. It is associated with The Tampa Tribune; Copies of the Tribune distributed in Highlands County, Florida include the supplement, which focuses on issues relevant to Sebring, Avon Park, Lake Placid, and other...
, a daily local supplement to The Tampa Tribune
The Tampa Tribune
The Tampa Tribune, published in Tampa, Florida, is one of two major newspapers published in the Tampa Bay area, second in circulation and readership to the St. Petersburg Times. The paper's tagline is "Life...
that covers newsworthy events in Highlands County. The weekly Lake Placid Journal, printed in nearby Lake Placid
Lake Placid, Florida
Lake Placid is a town in Highlands County, Florida, United States. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the town's population as 1,878 on 1 July 2007...
, is also available.
Famous people from Sebring
- Tom GordonTom GordonThomas Gordon , nicknamed "Flash", is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played with the Kansas City Royals , Boston Red Sox , Chicago Cubs , Houston Astros , Chicago White Sox , New York Yankees , Philadelphia Phillies and the...
, Major League Baseball player - Frankie NealFrankie NealFrankie Leon Neal is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League for a single season in 1987...
, National Football League player - Gabe WhiteGabe WhiteGabriel Allen White is a former Major League Baseball player who pitched in the major leagues from -. He gave up Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn's final hit of his career, on October 6, 2001, while playing for the Colorado Rockies.-External links:...
, Major League Baseball player - Major Thomas B. McGuire, Jr.Thomas McGuireThomas Buchanan McGuire Jr. was the second highest scoring American ace during World War II, whose memory was preserved by the naming of McGuire Air Force Base in Burlington County, New Jersey.-Early years:...
, World War 2 fighter ace, Medal of Honor recipient