Ormond Beach, Florida "Ormond Beach"
Ormond Beach, Florida Location in Volusia County and the state of Florida Location in Volusia County and the state of Florida Website City of Ormond Beach official website Ormond Beach is a town/city in Volusia County, Florida, United States.
The populace was 38,137 at the 2010 census. Ormond Beach is the northern neighbor of Daytona Beach and is home to Tomoka State Park.
Ormond Beach was once inside the domain of the Timucuan Indians.
Ormond Beach was incessanted by Timacuan Indians, but never truly inhabited until 1643 when Quakers blown off course to the New England region ran ashore.
The town/city is titled for James Ormond I, an Anglo-Irish-Scottish sea captain commissioned by King Ferdinand VII of Spain to bring Franciscan pioneer to this part of Florida.
Ormond had served Britain and Spain in the Napoleonic Wars as a ship captain, and was rewarded for his services to Spain by King Ferdinand VII.
Ormond later worked for the Scottish Indian trade business of Panton, Leslie & Company, and his armed brig was called the Somerset.
After returning to Spanish control, in 1821, Florida was acquired from Spain by the United States, but hostilities amid the Second Seminole War delayed settlement until after 1842.
In 1875, the town/city was established as New Britain by inhabitants from New Britain, Connecticut, but would be incorporated in 1880 as Ormond for its early plantation owner.
With its hard, white beach, Ormond became prominent for the wealthy seeking relief from northern winters amid the Floridian boom in tourism following the Civil War.
John Anderson and James Downing Price opened the Ormond Hotel on January 1, 1888.
One of Flagler's guests at the Ormond Hotel was his former company partner at the Standard Oil Company, John D.
Beginning in 1902, some of the first automobile competitions were held on the compacted sand from Ormond south to Daytona Beach.
Driving on the beach is still permitted on some stretches.
The town/city was retitled Ormond Beach in 1949.
Ormond Hotel in c.
Troy Kent, town/city commissioner, zone 2 Rick Boehm, town/city commissioner, zone 3 Phil Dalhausser, 2008 Olympic gold medalist in beach volleyball Ormond Beach Municipal Airport Ormond Beach is positioned at 29 17 11 N 81 04 30 W (29.286405, -81.074882). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 39.0 square miles (101.0 km2), of which 31.9 square miles (82.7 km2) is land, and 7.1 square miles (18.3 km2) (18.12%) is water. Drained by the Tomoka River, Ormond Beach is positioned on the Halifax River lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 94.28% White, 2.75% African American, 0.17% Native American, 1.44% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.31% from other competitions, and 1.03% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 19.2% under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 22.4% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 27.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
Daytona Beach News-Journal, daily journal covering the greater Daytona Beach region "The Ormond Beach Observer", a weekly journal presented in print on Thursdays and daily online, part of the Observer Media Group WELE, 1380 AM, Ormond Beach, News/Talk WHOG-FM, 95.7 FM, Ormond Beach, Classic Rock Ormond Beach is an active commercial and residentiary market in the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach MSA.
Ormond Beach Business Park and Airpark, a foreign trade zone, is home to 29 companies that furnish more than 2,000 jobs.
Among the corporations that call Ormond Beach home are: Ormond Mall Ormond Town Square United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Ormond Beach city, Florida".
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Ormond Beach city, Florida".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
City of Ormond Beach official website Ormond Beach Chamber of Commerce Ormond Beach Portal Historic Photographs from the Florida State Archives Ormond Beach travel guide from Wikivoyage Municipalities and communities of Volusia County, Florida, United States Daytona Beach Daytona Beach Shores De - Bary De - Land Deltona Edgewater Flagler Beach Holly Hill Lake Helen New Smyrna Beach Oak Hill Orange City Ormond Beach Port Orange South Daytona Alamana Allandale Barberville Bethune Beach Boden Cassadaga Cow Creek Creighton Eldora Emporia Enterprise Farmton Fort Florida Lemon Bluff Maytown Osteen Pennichaw Senyah Volusia Wilbur-by-the-Sea This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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Populated coastal places in Florida on the Atlantic Ocean - Cities in Volusia County, Florida - Seaside resorts in Florida - Populated places established in 1875 - Cities in Florida - Ormond Beach, Florida - Beaches of Volusia County, Florida - Beaches of Florida
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