Lake County

Tavares

Tavares is an incorporated city in Lake County. Its downtown waterfront at Wooton Park is also home to a public-use seaplane base and a recreational boating marina, so the same stretch of Lake Dora serves pilots, boaters, park visitors, and nearby businesses.

Type: City
County: Lake
Population: 22,490

Data notes

Population source: Census Vintage 2025 subcounty population estimates. Florida Revenue November 2025 county planning row: 15.6324 mills for Lake County. Census GEOID: 1271225.

Local front desk

The lakefront is both a park and a working airport.

Use the Seaplane Base page for aviation, fuel, contacts, and marina details. Use Wooton Park for the boat ramp, fishing pier, playground, splash park, restrooms, parking, and pavilions. A picnic stop needs a different check from a flight, fuel stop, boat launch, or reservation, even though they share one waterfront.

Local government

Tavares seaplane base and marina The city route for current airport operations, aviation and marine fuel, public-use details, marina information, and base contacts. Wooton Park The city facility page for the boat ramp, fishing pier, playground, splash park, restrooms, parking, water access, and pavilions.

Property and records

Property appraiser Parcel records, assessed value, exemptions, and taxable value. Tax collector Tax bills, payments, discounts, deferrals, and delinquent-tax questions. Clerk and recorder Deeds, mortgages, official records, court files, and recorded documents.

People and safety

Supervisor of Elections Voter registration, precincts, ballots, and county election information. Emergency management Local alerts, evacuation information, shelters, and storm instructions. School district Enrollment, calendars, district contacts, and the address-based assignment path.

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Local profile checked August 12, 2026. Confirm the address and current instructions on the linked official site.

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Address, home, and local records

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Property tax

Lake County tax planning

The November 2025 county planning row is 15.6324 mills, about $1,563 per $100,000 of taxable value before parcel-specific charges.

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Storm planning

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Notes about Tavares

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Money and taxes

Tavares Seaplane Base turns the lakefront into a business dock

Tavares uses its seaplane base, marina, fuel dock, waterfront park, and Lake Dora setting to make the downtown lakefront feel like a working local landmark.

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Around Tavares

Nearby Florida place pages, ordered by straight-line distance between Census internal points. This is not driving distance.

Astatula Lake County - about 4 miles away Yalaha Lake County - about 4 miles away Howey-in-the-Hills Lake County - about 5 miles away Silver Lake Lake County - about 5 miles away Tangerine Orange County - about 7 miles away Eustis Lake County - about 8 miles away Lisbon Lake County - about 8 miles away Mount Dora Lake County - about 8 miles away

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Last checked July 26, 2026. Place names, county coverage, GEOIDs, coordinates, and population labels come from the Census sources in the Florida place data used by this site. County tax planning rows use Florida Revenue November 2025 millage data. The local front desk is a reviewed profile of the city and county split, checked August 12, 2026. Direct note relationships and contextual note paths are kept separate. Parcel values, exemptions, permits, school assignments, storm instructions, utility service, private rules, and final bills still depend on the exact address and the official office or document.

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