Goldenbough is an older platted homesite community in unincorporated Polk County off State Road 60, roughly eight miles east of Lake Wales near Lake Aurora and Lake Iris (driving directions on area listings; Lake Aurora location materials, 2026). It is recorded in county records as The Goldenbough Association of Homesites within the I A Yarnell subdivision, Plat Book 4, Page 65, which marks it as a long established rather than new community.
This is a low density rural area, not a master planned subdivision with uniform builder product. Homes sit on larger lots along roads such as Golden Bough Road, Wisteria Lane, and Flame Flower Lane, and the housing stock skews older, including block cottages dating to the mid twentieth century. Lots range from roughly a quarter acre to several acres, so the parcel itself varies a great deal. Confirm the exact lot size, home age, and square footage for any specific property.
Because this is rural country and not a utility served subdivision, the money is made or lost on the parcel and its systems, not on a community average. Many homes run on private well and septic, so the well, the septic and drain field, the roof, and any lake access rights are the real drivers, all of which have to be inspected and confirmed per parcel.
The pitch is a quiet rural lakefront setting with room to breathe, near the spring fed lakes of the ridge country east of Lake Wales, with State Road 60 providing the route toward town and shopping. The work is the diligence: inspect the well and septic, verify the flood zone and elevation, confirm lake access and lot lines, and price the condition of the home against them.
