Mission Inn Resort & Club

Positioned in the center of Florida, Lake and Sumter Counties have been blessed with great natural beauty, including more than 1,400 lakes and rivers. Long before the French, Spanish and English struggled to secure this portion of Florida, the Native Americans had a long and successful established presence in Lake and Sumter counties beginning with the Timucuan Indians and then followed by the Seminoles. As settlers expanded into Florida, they found that Lake and Sumter Counties offered an ideal climate and soil for agricultural abundance. In the past 30 years, Lake and Sumter Counties have also been discovered by developers of well-designed communities, such as The Villages, and this has further contributed to the popularity of both counties. "Fostering Futures and Fulfilling Dreams" is an appropriate description for Lake and Sumter Counties in this 21st Century.