Do you want to become a part of the “the belle of the Caloosahatchee”? Labelle in Hendry County, Florida had its beginning as a settlement in the 1880s when the Caloosahatchee River began to play a part in Philadelphia entrepreneur Hamilton Disston’s dream of Everglades Reclamation. It also had the double advantage of being on [...]

Would you like to become a part of America’s Sweetest Town? Clewiston located in Hendry County, Florida has been historically known as “America’s Sweetest Town”. It was incorporated in 1925 and occupies 4.57 square miles with a population of approximately 6,900 people. Clewiston is centrally located in south Florida about 60 miles east of Fort [...]

Are you looking for a Florida county with swamp cabbage, sugar and citrus trees? Hendry County, Florida located on Lake Okeechobee’s southwestern shore, is a sparsely populated rural county and home of LaBelle’s famous Swamp Cabbage Festival held the last full weekend of February. Some other festivals include the Hendry County Fair in March, and [...]