LaBelle Real Estate for sale
LaBelle Real Estate for sale
A relaxing community with agricultural roots and access to multiple metropolitan areas, Southwest & South Central Florida is a great place to live, work and play.
LaBelle is a city in and the county seat of Hendry County, Florida, United States. The population was 4,210 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 4,480. It was named for Laura and Belle Hendry, daughters of pioneer cattleman Francis A. Hendry.
LaBelle hosts the annual Swamp Cabbage Festival, which is held in honor of the Florida state tree during the last full weekend of February.
LaBelle began as a settlement on the Caloosahatchee River around the time of Hamilton Disston’s efforts to drain the Everglades with the hope of promoting growth. The settlement, which laid on the western edge of Captain Francis A. Hendry’s large Monroe County’s land, was initially populated with cattle drovers and trappers. By 1891, LaBelle had constructed its first school. In 1909, Captain Hendry subdivided his land to be sold. The majority land holding stake was bought by E. E. Goodno, which increased the size of LaBelle almost twenty times its original size.
In 1925, the Florida Legislature chartered the City of LaBelle, which replaced the Town of LaBelle. D. A. Mitchell was named the first mayor.
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