Astor is an unincorporated improve and census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, Florida, United States, positioned on the west side of the St.
The improve straddles State Road 40, with the improve of Volusia in Volusia County athwart the St.
Johns to the east and Astor Park to the west.
Johns River between Astor and Volusia.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the CDP has a total region of 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2), all territory (this measurement seems to exclude Astor's network of canals, which extends over 4 miles (6.4 km) in length, providing river access for many of its residents.) Astor lies entirely inside the boundaries of the Ocala National Forest.
Astor is primarily accessible by territory via State Road 40, which is the chief highway through the community.
State Road 40 bisects the Ocala National Forest, approaching Astor from the west and closing east over the Astor Bridge athwart the St.
The Astor region and much of the territory along the St.
From New York City's wealthy Astor family purchased over 12,000 acres (49 km2) of land, upon which he began to establish a town he called Manhattan.
A several miles to the west of town, a satellite improve called Astor Park interval up along the shore of Lake Schimmerhorn (named for Astor's wife, Caroline Schermerhorn Astor).
When William Astor died in 1892, the town was officially retitled Astor in his honor. John Jacob Astor IV inherited his father William's estate and continued to promote the town and their company interests in Florida.
William Vincent Astor was not interested in his grandfather's Florida enterprises, and so the Astor family's interests in the region were sold. This, combined with a harsh diminish in steamboat travel on the St.
Johns due to increased availability of rail travel signaled the end of the town's prosperity and prominence. The first Astor Bridge was assembled in 1926; by 1928, Astor's hotel had burned down and the barns was abandoned, leaving Astor without telephone or telegraph service for the next several decades. Johns River at Astor.
Florida Department of Transportation signs for Astor and Volusia Wass de Czege, A.: "The History of Astor on the St.
Johns, Astor Park, and the Surrounding Area", Third, Extended Edition, pages 11, 14-18.
Wass de Czege, A.: "The History of Astor on the St.
Johns, Astor Park, and the Surrounding Area", Third, Extended Edition, pages 23-28.
Wass de Czege, A.: "The History of Astor on the St.
Johns, Astor Park, and the Surrounding Area", Third, Extended Edition, page 28.
Astor Florida History Wass de Czege, A.: "The History of Astor on the St.
Johns, Astor Park, and the Surrounding Area", Third, Extended Edition, pages 33, 35.
Municipalities and communities of Lake County, Florida, United States Altoona Astor Ferndale Four Corners Lake Kathryn Lake Mack-Forest Hills Lisbon Mount Plymouth Okahumpka Paisley Pine Lakes Pittman Silver Lake Sorrento Yalaha
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Astor family - Census-designated places in Lake County, Florida - Greater Orlando - Populated places on the St.
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