Sylvan Shores, Florida
unincorporated community and former census-designated place in Highlands County, Florida, United States
Sylvan Shores is an unincorporated community and former census-designated place (CDP) in Highlands County, Florida, United States, located immediately northeast of the town of Lake Placid. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 2,424.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.82 square miles (7.3 km2), of which 2.23 square miles (5.8 km2) is land and 0.58 square miles (1.5 km2) (20.57%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,424 people, 1,166 households, and 795 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 419.7 people/km2 (1,087 people/mi2). There were 1,487 housing units at an average density of 257.5 units/km2 (667 units/mi2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.08% White, 1.57% African American, 0.08% Native American, 0.25% Asian, 1.65% from other races, and 0.37% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.61% of the population.
There were 1,166 households, out of which 13.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.5% were married couples living together, 5.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.8% were non-families. 27.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 22.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.08 and the average family size was 2.49.
“Sylvan Shores, Florida” enters the record as unincorporated community and former census-designated place in Highlands County, Florida, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Sylvan, Shores and Florida can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2668989. Authority coordinates are 27.319, -81.350. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2000.
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