Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in Coleman, FL

Coleman began on June 8, 1840, as Fort McClure, a U.S. Army post established during the Second Seminole War near Lake Panasoffkee.

By 1853 the settlement had been renamed Warm Springs, and in 1882 it was incorporated as the Town of Coleman, named after Dr. B.F. Coleman.

Coleman was incorporated as a city on June 20, 1908, and was reincorporated and chartered again in 1925.

By 1923 Coleman was called the "Cabbage Capital of the World" for its huge cabbage production, and the nickname remains one of the city's official mottos.

In 1966 the American Automobile Association named Coleman the nation's biggest speed trap, after its only police officer arrested 369 out-of-town motorists in five months; the chief was fired after Florida's governor intervened.

Coleman had 642 residents at the 2020 census, living in 299 households, making it the smallest incorporated city in fast-growing Sumter County.

A large federal correctional complex just outside Coleman is one of the biggest employers in this rural part of Sumter County.

Historically Coleman's economy rested on citrus, cotton, and cattle ranching in the sandy soils of the South Central Florida Ridge.

The city sits just northeast of Lake Panasoffkee, one of Florida's largest lakes, where the state has bought shoreline land to preserve habitat for more than 300 species.

Coleman has a humid subtropical climate, with hot, humid summers and mild winters typical of Central Florida.