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Growth of Lake County Telephones Since 1946
Florida Telephone reports rapid expansion across Central Florida. The agency lists 7,534 phones in 1946 across 6,000 square miles, rising to 187,500 now. Leesburg grows from 1,223 to 15,203, Eustis from 576 to 9,101, and Mount Dora from 476 to 7,190 phones in the same period.
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Florida
Lake County
Florida Telephone
FTC
Leesburg
Eustis
Mount Dora
Lady Lake
Otto Wettstein, Jr
Max
Hawthorne
Penn
NATA
AARP
Charles Newns
Claude E. Locke