Ormond Beach, Florida
| Ormond Beach, Florida | |
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| City | |
 Location in Volusia County and the state of Florida |
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| Coordinates: 29°17′11″N 81°4′30″W / 29.28639°N 81.07500°WCoordinates: 29°17′11″N 81°4′30″W / 29.28639°N 81.07500°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 Florida
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| County | Volusia |
| Government | |
| • Type | Commission-Manager |
| Area | |
| • Total | 39.0 sq mi (101.0 km2) |
| • Land | 31.9 sq mi (82.7 km2) |
| • Water | 7.1 sq mi (18.3 km2) |
| Elevation | 7 ft (2 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 38,137 |
| • Density | 980/sq mi (380/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 32174-32176 |
| Area code(s) | 386 |
| FIPS code | 12-53150 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0307388 |
| Website | City of Ormond Beach official website |
Ormond Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, United States. The population 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 within the domain of the Timucuan Indians. Ormond Beach was frequented by Timacuan Indians, but never truly inhabited until 1643 when Quakers blown off course to the New England area ran ashore. They settled in a small encampment along the Atlantic shore. Early relations with neighboring tribes were fruitful, however, in 1704 a local Timacuan chief, Oseanoha, led a raid of the encampment killing most of the population. In 1708 Spaniards inhabited the area and laid claim until British control began. The city is named for James Ormond I, an Anglo-Irish-Scottish sea captain commissioned by King Ferdinand VII of Spain to bring Franciscan settlers 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 company 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 during the Second Seminole War delayed settlement until after 1842. In 1875, the city was founded 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 popular for the wealthy seeking relief from northern winters during the Floridian boom in tourism following the Civil War. The St. Johns & Halifax Railroad arrived in 1886, and the first bridge across the Halifax River was built in 1887. John Anderson and James Downing Price opened the Ormond Hotel on January 1, 1888. Henry Flagler bought the hotel in 1890 and expanded it to accommodate 600 guests. It would be one in a series of Gilded Age hotels catering to passengers aboard his Florida East Coast Railway, which had purchased the St. Johns & Halifax Railroad. Once a well-known landmark which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, the hotel was razed in 1992.
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