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Latitude: 29.11897 -- Longitude: -81.002906

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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