DeLand
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county seat of Volusia County, Florida, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- County
- Volusia
- Settled persimmon hollow
- 1846-1876
- Settled deland
- December 6, 1876
- Named after
- Henry Addison DeLand
- Type
- Commission–Manager
- Total
- 19.51 sq mi (50.52 km )
- Land
- 19.28 sq mi (49.93 km )
- Water
- 0.23 sq mi (0.59 km )
- Elevation
- 72 ft (22 m)
- Density
- 1,937.5/sq mi (748.06/km )
- Demonym
- DeLandite
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( EDT )
- Zip code s
- 32720–32724
- Fips code
- 12-16875
- Website
- www .deland .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
DeLand is a city in and the county seat of Volusia County, Florida, United States. It is a part of the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, DeLand had a population of 37,351.
The city was founded in 1876, and was named for its founder, Henry Addison DeLand. DeLand is home to Stetson University, Florida's oldest private college, as well as the Museum of Art - DeLand. The DeLand Municipal Airport serves as an uncontrolled general-aviation reliever airport to commercial operations at Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB), Orlando Sanford International Airport (SFB), and Orlando International Airport (MCO).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “DeLand” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.