Moving to Fort Meade, Florida

A practical city guide for deciding whether Fort Meade fits your life, planning the move, and settling in with fewer surprises.

Moving to Fort Meade, Florida? Start with the local context that changes a relocation decision in Polk County. With roughly 5,100 residents, Fort Meade sits in Central West Florida. Locally it's known as one of Florida's oldest inland cities, a phosphate-mining and agricultural town in southern Polk County. For relocators it's a small, historic Central Florida town where local trades serve an older housing stock and surrounding farmland. Climate: humid subtropical inland — hottest summers in the state, daily afternoon thunderstorms, mild winters with occasional 30°F nights. Before choosing a home, pay attention to lightning capital of the US, sinkholes in the Brooksville Ridge, both Atlantic and Gulf hurricane reach. Local areas to put on your research list include Downtown Fort Meade. Use the guides, comparison tools, apartment research, and hurricane profile below before you narrow the move to an address.