Local News in Polk County

Creative Loafing Tampa Bay Published July 30

For the first time in over a century, Central Florida’s historic Bannon Island is for sale

Bannon Island, a storied pioneer island in the middle of Polk County’s Lake Marion, is now on the market for the first time in over a hundred years. Located at 7950 Bannon Fish Camp Rd. in southeast Haines City, the 20-acre island’s first known resident was Echo Emathla Chipco,…