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In 1869, Jacob Parsons, a successful builder in Philadelphia, got a wild hair to move to the Florida wilderness. His wife Abigail, a society lady, had no interest in this endeavor, but was dragged along on his adventure. To placate her, he let her name the town on the two beautiful lakes where they settled.
She named the town Poe Lakes in honor of Edgar Allan Poe, who was from Philadelphia, and whose literary works she enjoyed.
The lakes in Poe Lakes are Lake Lenore, the main lake where Main Street sits, and Lake Annabelle, a larger lake that attaches to Lake Lenore via a channel. Lake Lenore refers to “the lost Lenore” in Poe’s The Raven while Lake Annabelle honors Annabelle Lee from another famous poem by Poe.