Hendry County (pop. 39,140) is north of Collier County. Its northeastern corner touches Lake Okeechobee.
Hendry County’s economy is based on agriculture – mainly sugar cane and oranges. The only cities are Clewiston, in the northeastern corner, and LaBelle, in the northwestern corner.
Florida’s #1 producer of oranges
The county seat is LaBelle (pop. 4,655), on the Caloosahatchee River.
Hendry County Courthouse (1926)
La Belle has an annual Swamp Cabbage Festival, now in its 50th year. The swamp cabbage, also known as the cabbage palm or palmetto, is Florida’s state tree.
Clewiston (pop 7,151) is the county’s largest city. The headquarters of US Sugar Company, the largest producer of sugar cane in the U.S., is in Clewiston.
The Clewiston Sugar Festival takes place in April.
The Billie Swamp Safari is an attraction on the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation.
Swamp rides
Harlem, a census-designated place adjacent to Clewiston, was established by itinerant black workers in the sugar-cane fields. Its 2010 population of 2,658 was 96% African-American.
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We’ve been on the swamp ride: VERY interesting! plus, they have ‘chickees’ there, if you want to spend the night. Aunt Donna said NO way. sigh.