Editing Auburndale, Florida (section)

==History==
Auburndale was founded in 1880 by Frank Fuller, who was seeking refuge from chilly winters in the Northeast United States.<ref name="History of Auburndale">{{cite web
| url = http://www.polkcountyhistory.org/pdf/dec76.pdf
| title = History of Auburndale
| page = 2
| date = December 1976
| access-date = 2010-09-17
| publisher = Polk County Historical Association
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110727182206/http://www.polkcountyhistory.org/pdf/dec76.pdf
| archive-date = 2011-07-27
| url-status = dead
}}</ref> The place was originally named Sanatoria, from a hotel located there.  When the railroad arrived in the 1880s, the town was renamed Auburndale at the suggestion of settlers from [[Auburndale, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Florida Place Names|first=Allen|last=Morris|year=1995|isbn=978-1-56164-084-3|page=15}}</ref> The New England town had been named from the opening line of the poem "[[The Deserted Village]]" by Oliver Goldsmith.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19600814&id=W38wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PPoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6912,1492998&hl=en | title=First Polk Settlers Had to Build Towns, Then Name Them | work=[[Lakeland Ledger]] | date=14 August 1960 | access-date=22 April 2015 | author=Whitehead, Bill | pages=7–A}}</ref>
Early on, the city became a chosen destination for a number of America's most prominent artists.<ref name="History of Auburndale"/>