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==History== Lake Mary was named after Mary Sundell, the wife of Reverend J.F. Sundell, who settled on the northern shores of the lake. Lake Mary started as a village of two tiny settlements called Bentβs Station (located on the north shore of Crystal Lake) and Belle Fontaine.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lakemarylife.com/FileRepository/CityGuides/eaf9d6d3-f5de-4440-8a5f-99577e134952.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2021-05-23 |archive-date=2021-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523235456/https://www.lakemarylife.com/FileRepository/CityGuides/eaf9d6d3-f5de-4440-8a5f-99577e134952.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> They were located along the [[South Florida Railroad]] which ran between Sanford and Orlando.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lakemaryfl.com/about-lake-mary/pages/lake-mary-history|title=Lake Mary History | Lake Mary, FL|website=www.lakemaryfl.com}}</ref> The area was an agricultural community and early settlers included lumbermen, turpentine workers, families from Fort Reed (Sanford) who had received land grants, and Swedish families, who were mainly orange growers. By the time the area became known as Lake Mary, it was developed by a tight-rope walker and chemist named Frank Evans, who settled in the area in 1882. The first Lake Mary Post Office was established in February 1887. Evans built the original Lake Mary Elementary School, along with many commercial buildings and new homes. In 1923, he founded the Chamber of Commerce and he became a Seminole County Commissioner in 1926. The Lake Mary city hall building was created in 1946. The city incorporated on August 7, 1973.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lakemarymuseum.com/aboutus/aboutthehistoryoflakemary.html |title=Lake Mary Museum, Lake Mary Museum Lake Mary, FL About the History of Lake Mary |access-date=2019-05-29 |archive-date=2019-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529033630/http://lakemarymuseum.com/aboutus/aboutthehistoryoflakemary.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Rated by ''Money'' magazine as the #4 best place to live in America in the August 2007 issue. It has a [[history museum]] in the [[Lake Mary Chamber of Commerce Building]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lakemarymuseum.com/|title=Lake Mary Museum, Lake Mary Museum Lake Mary, FL Home|website=lakemarymuseum.com|access-date=2018-04-04}}</ref> In August 2024, Lake Mary Little League All Stars won the [[Little League World Series]].
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