Okeechobee is the county seat of Okeechobee County, one of the counties that touches the shore of Lake Okeechobee. The name may derive from the Hitchiti Indian words "oki" for water and "chobi" for big.
In it's early years the town was the center of the cattle industry in south Central Florida, and was also the cornerstone of Florida's freshwater fishing industry, especially catfish and perch.
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