Archives: Locations

Moses Levy was a New York merchant. He acquired all of what is now Winter Springs prior to the U.S. acquisition of Florida from Spain in 1821.

The city of Winter Park was developed during the 1880s as a winter resort community. Its historic buildings, canals, downtown blocks are lined with popular restaurants and

Settlers began arriving in Winter Garden around 1845, attracted to the fertile soil around Lake Apopka. The community grew rapidly after the Orange Belt Railway arrived in

Windermere, Florida occupies less than two square miles.  However, it provides a charming small town center for many nearby developments. They include Keene’s Pointe, Isleworth, Bay

In 1870, Henry Shelton Sanford purchased land west of Mellonville and planned a new city, “the Gate City of South Florida”. Citrus growers prospered there

Oviedo got its name in the late 1870s from Andrew Aulin. He chose a Spanish name when filing paperwork to set up a local post office

Orlando was the center of Florida’s citrus industry from 1875 until the winter freeze of 1895.  It became a popular winter resort during the years before

Maitland is one of the oldest cities in Central Florida. It was established as Fort Maitland in 1838 by the U.S. Army. After the Civil

The earliest settlers established a small community in Longwood in the early 1870s. It was incorporated as a city in 1923.  With the development of the space

Lake Mary gets its name from a lake named after Mary Sundell. She was the wife of a Presbyterian minister who settled on its shores in

Kissimmee was first settled by J. H. Allen, who operated the first cargo steamboat on the Kissimmee River. Early settlers made their living from wild cows

Heathrow is a master-planned community 20 minutes north of Orlando on the I­4 corridor. Heathrow was founded in 1985 by Jeno Paulucci. He was a food business