Maitland, Florida Maitland, Florida Orange County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Maitland Highlighted.svg Maitland is a suburban town/city in Orange County, Florida, United States, part of the Greater Orlando area.
The populace was 15,751 at the 2010 census. The area's history is exhibited at the Maitland Historical Museum.
The town/city also hosts the Maitland Art Center, and examples of Mayan Revival architecture and Fantasy Architecture, the Maitland Telephone Museum and the William H.
A Sun - Rail station is positioned in Maitland on Highway 17-92.
The town/city is titled for Fort Maitland.
Maitland is one of the earliest incorporated suburban municipalities in central Florida.
Although the region was previously inhabited by Native Americans, the town is titled after Fort Maitland, which was assembled in 1838 on the shore of Lake Fumecheliga (later Lake Maitland) amid the Second Seminole War.
This settlement came to be called Lake Maitland, and later Maitland.
Maitland was once a non-urban spot, but began to urbanized once Orlando's expansion reached the town in the 1930s.
Maitland is a suburb of Orlando.
Examples of these century-old homes are the "Pine Crest Villa" (1891); "Chadburne Hall" (1890); the Kenneth Mc - Pherson Home (1926), a prime example of the "Tudor Revival" Style, rare to Florida; the Wise-Taliaferro House (1876), and the Hill-Stone House (1908). The region has always been a vacation spot because of its climate, locale to infamous parks and citizens .
However, Maitland has recently turn into a locale where well-to-do individuals have come to reside.
Maitland has many picturesque parks along lakes, which attract many boaters.
Maitland is positioned at 28 37 37 N 81 22 1 W (28.626926, -81.366961). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.4 square miles (16.6 km2), of which 5.3 square miles (13.6 km2) is territory and 1.2 square miles (3.0 km2) (17.84%) is water.
The town/city of Maitland has a total of 21 lakes, the biggest being Lake Maitland (451 acres). Maitland is peppered with a number of lakes, including "Lake Lily" pictured here.
The Maitland Center was established in 1982 adjoining to Interstate 4.
Sun - Rail, the county-wide commuter rail service, operates a passenger rail station in Maitland.
Maitland is home to the nationally recognized and Central Florida's only full-time autonomous movie theater, Enzian Theater, in turn home to the Florida Film Festival.
Maitland is also home to the Art & History Museums Maitland, including the Maitland Art Center (formerly the Research Studio, 1937), which is a designated a National Historic Landmark (2014) for its unique Mayan Revival and Fantasy Architecture; the Maitland Historical Museum; the Maitland Telephone Museum; the William H.
Maitland is also home to The Roth Family Jewish Community Center of Greater Orlando, which serves as the center of Jewish life in Orlando and welcomes citizens of all backgrounds. In August 2005 the Maitland Little League team made it to the semifinals of the 2005 Little League World Series. Andre Smith, artist and architect; founder of the Research Studio (now known as the Maitland Art Center) Orange County Public Schools operates enhance schools in Maitland.
Maitland Middle School Maitland Montessori School Park Maitland School Maitland Historical Museum Maitland Public Library Maitland Art Center Maitland Art Center Lake Maitland Lake Lily - Location for the Maitland Art Festival Maitland Community Park Maitland Farmer's Market "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Maitland city, Florida".
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Maitland city, Florida".
"Maitland: A Community For Life".
Maitland, Florida City of Maitland official website Art & History Museums - Maitland Municipalities and communities of Orange County, Florida, United States
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