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Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2010 census, the population was 297,052.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/12/12069.html )〕 Its county seat is Tavares,〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 and its largest city is Clermont. Lake County is included in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area. == History == Lake County was created in 1887 from portions of Sumter County and Orange County. It was named for the many lakes contained within its borders. During the Great Depression, citrus became the leading industry in Lake County. The influence of the Ku Klux Klan rose in the county. In 1949 the Groveland Four, Ernest Thomas, Charles Greenlee, Samuel Shepherd and Walter Irvin, were wrongly convicted of rape. The convictions were eventually overturned by the U. S. Supreme Court in a case argued by NAACP special counsel Thurgood Marshall. However, Ernest Thomas had already been killed by a posse. Samuel Shepard and Walter Irvin were shot by Lake County Sheriff Willis McCall while being transferred, in handcuffs, to the Lake County jail. The descendants of the Groveland Four petitioned Florida governor Rick Scott in 2012 for an apology from the State of Florida, citing new evidence from an FBI file on the case that no rape ever occurred.〔(Groveland Four petitioned )〕 The 2012 book ''Devil in the Grove'' documents this episode. American heavy metal guitarist Randy Rhoads was killed in a plane crash in Leesburg on Friday March 19, 1982. Rhoads had played in the then nascent Ozzy Osbourne solo band following his tenure in Quiet Riot. On February 2, 2007, a series of early morning tornadoes killed 21 people in the area. Governor Charlie Crist declared a state of emergency.〔(At Least 19 Dead After Central Fla. Storms - Orlando Weather News Story - WKMG Orlando )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lake County, Florida」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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