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Port Orange, FL
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Latitude: 29.11897 -- Longitude: -81.002906
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Port Orange was founded in 1867 by Dr. John Milton Hawks on the banks of the Halifax River. Dr. Hawks was a surgeon of the United States Army and founded the Florida Land and Lumber Company with fellow officers of the Union Army after the Civil War and settled 500 freed slaves north of Spruce Creek on Halifax River. In 1867 Dr. Hawks moved the settlement, which he called Orange Port, to its present location. Because the city name was already taken, he named the settlement Port Orange in the same year. Port Orange is located at 29°7'8?N, 81°0'10?W (29.118970, -81.002906)GR1. It is connected to Interstate 95. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 69.1 km² (26.7 mi²). 64.0 km² (24.7 mi²) of it is land and 5.1 km² (2.0 mi²) of it (7.39%) is water. -- Source: Wikipedia.com
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Port Orange was founded in 1867 by Dr. John Milton Hawks on the banks of the Halifax River. Dr. Hawks was a surgeon of the United States Army and founded the Florida Land and Lumber Company with fellow officers of the Union Army after the Civil War and settled 500 freed slaves north of Spruce Creek on Halifax River. In 1867 Dr. Hawks moved the settlement, which he called Orange Port, to its present location. Because the city name was already taken, he named the settlement Port Orange in the same year. Port Orange is located at 29°7'8?N, 81°0'10?W (29.118970, -81.002906)GR1. It is connected to Interstate 95. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 69.1 km² (26.7 mi²). 64.0 km² (24.7 mi²) of it is land and 5.1 km² (2.0 mi²) of it (7.39%) is water. -- Source: Wikipedia.com
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Census Data for Port Orange, Florida
Florida 2000 Census Population Profile Map| Port Orange | Florida | United States | |
| Population | 45,823 | 15,982,378 | 281,421,906 |
| Median age | 44.6 | 38.7 | 35.3 |
| Median age for Male | 43 | 37.3 | 34 |
| Median age for Female | 45.9 | 40.1 | 36.5 |
| Households | 19,574 | 6,337,929 | 105,480,101 |
| Household population | 45,319 | 15,593,433 | 273,643,273 |
| Average household size | 2.32 | 2.46 | 2.59 |
| Families | 13,234 | 4,210,760 | 71,787,347 |
| Average family size | 2.76 | 2.98 | 3.14 |
| Housing units | 21,102 | 7,302,947 | 115,904,641 |
| Occupied units | 19,574 | 6,337,929 | 105,480,101 |
| Vacant units | 1,528 | 965,018 | 10,424,540 |
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