Clewiston, America's sweetest town, was developed in the 1920s, incorporated in 1925, and occupies 4.57 square miles in Hendry county. Today, it is a friendly little town of approximately 6,500 people way out in the middle of everywhere +60 miles east of Fort Myers on the Gulf of Mexico and 60 miles west of palm beach on the Atlantic Ocean. Through more than a half-century of growth, our town has kept its charm and beauty.