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As the countyseat of Polk County, Bartow is promising as a place to raise your children, build a business or retire. One of the oldest cities, Bartow is a combination of traditional and urban. Located where SR 60 and US 98 intersect, Bartow is in the center of the North America’s richest deposit of phosphate, known as Bone Valley. Bartow’s offers a healthy economy, highly-rated schools, and a state of the art hospital. The district headquarters for the Florida Department of Transportation is also here. Bartow has been known as the City of Oaks and Azaleas and the City of Nostalgia. Bartow is the home to Oak Hill Cemetery and L.B. Brown House (www.lbbrown.com), both on the National Registry of Historic Places (www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com). Great bass fishing is another offering of Bartow.
Some of the largest subdivisions in Bartow are Floral Lakes and Richland Manor.
Single family homes for sale, listed or updated in the last seven days.
Rental homes listed or updated in the last seven days.
Here are a list of subdivisions and communities in Bartow. This is not an all inclusive list, as there can be hundreds of subdivisions in a city. Click a link below to learn more about a specific subdivision/community.
The City of Bartow began as Fort Blount in 1851 as a refuge from the Seminole Indians. The first permanent white settlers came to the area in 1850. In 1861, the first Board of Polk County Commissioners was organized. During the early months of 1867, with full approval of the settlers, the County Commissioners made the decision that the seat of government for Polk County would be known as Bartow, named in honor of the first confederate general to fall in the Civil War. The area is one of the largest phosphate producing industrial complexes in the world. Polk County produces more citrus than the State of California, and Bartow has large herds of range, registered beef, and dairy cattle. In addition, a growing light industry segment's financial impact increases annually.
Source: Bartow Chamber of Commerce
Every Saturday Downtown
The Historic Bartow Downtown Farmer’s Market is every Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on the north side of the Historic Polk County Museum on Central Avenue.
Source: Bartow Chamber of Commerce
