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Orange County, Florida

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
58historic places
—earliest paper
1824formed
1,429,908pop. 2020
26cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 58 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1976; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Orlando, Winter Park, Apopka.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Florida is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Orange titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

34 of 58 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

58 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
1890 Windermere SchoolWindermereBuilding2003
All Saints Episcopal ChurchWinter ParkBuilding2000
Apopka Seaboard Air Line Railway DepotApopkaBuilding1993
Atha, S. Howard, HouseOrlandoBuilding2009
Atlantic Coast Line StationOrlandoBuilding2022
Baptist Terrace ApartmentsOrlandoBuilding2022
Barbour, Robert Bruce, HouseWinter ParkBuilding2008
Brewer, Edward Hill, HouseWinter ParkBuilding1982
Bridges, J.J., HouseOrlandoBuilding1984
Carroll BuildingApopkaBuilding1993
Church of the Good ShepherdMaitlandBuilding2011
Comstock-Harris HouseWinter ParkBuilding1983
Downtown Winter Park Historic DistrictWinter ParkDistrict2011
Eatonville Historic DistrictEatonvilleDistrict1998
First Church of Christ ScientistOrlandoBuilding1980
Gary-Morgan HouseWinter ParkBuilding2015
Goldman, Siegmund and Marilyn, HouseMaitlandBuilding2019
Griffin Park Historic DistrictOrlandoDistrict1996
Holden-Parramore Historic DistrictOrlandoDistrict2009
Huttig, John N., EstateOrlandoDistrict1993
Interlachen Avenue Historic DistrictWinter ParkDistrict2011
Kerouac, Jack, HouseOrlandoBuilding2013
Knowles Memorial ChapelWinter ParkBuilding1997
Lake Adair-Lake Concord Historic DistrictOrlandoDistrict2011
Lake Eola Heights Historic DistrictOrlandoDistrict1992
Lake Ivanhoe Historic Residential DistrictOrlandoDistrict2010
Lake Lawsona Historic DistrictOrlandoDistrict2019
Laughlin, James, HouseMount DoraBuilding2016
Maitland Art CenterMaitlandBuilding1982
Mitchill-Tibbetts HouseApopkaBuilding1991
Mizell-Leu House Historic DistrictOrlandoDistrict1994
Ocoee Christian ChurchOcoeeBuilding1997
Old Orlando Railroad DepotOrlandoBuilding1976
Orlando Utilities Commission Administration BuildingOrlandoBuilding2012
Palm Cottage GardensGothaBuilding2000
Palmer, Cal, Memorial BuildingWindermereBuilding1995
Phillips, Dr. P., HouseOrlandoBuilding1979
Polasek, Albin, House and StudioWinter ParkBuilding2000
Rogers BuildingOrlandoBuilding1983
Rosemere Historic DistrictOrlandoDistrict2009
Russell, Annie, TheatreWinter ParkBuilding1998
Ryan & Company Lumber YardApopkaBuilding1993
The Research Studio (Maitland Art Center) NHLMaitlandBuilding2014
Tilden, Luther F., HouseWinter GardenBuilding1996
Tinker BuildingOrlandoBuilding1980
Tinker FieldOrlandoSite2004
Twin Mounds Archeological DistrictSorrentoDistrict1992
Waite-Davis HouseApopkaBuilding1990
Warlow, Thomas Picton, Sr., HouseWinter ParkBuilding2009
Waterhouse, William H., HouseMaitlandBuilding1983
Well'sbuilt HotelOrlandoBuilding2000
Windermere Town HallWindermereBuilding1994
Winter Garden Downtown Historic DistrictWinter GardenDistrict1996
Winter Garden Historic Residential DistrictWinter GardenDistrict1996
Winter Park Country Club and Golf CourseWinter ParkSite1999
Withers-Maguire HouseOcoeeBuilding1987
Woman's Club of OcoeeOcoeeBuilding2011
Woman's Club of Winter ParkWinter ParkBuilding1995

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Orange was formed in 1824 (1824-12-29) from St.

MOSQUITO (now ORANGE) created by Florida Territory from ST. JOHNS.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Orange County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1.4M715k7318301840188019201930196020002020
183018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
733739876,61811,37419,89070,074114,950263,540471,016896,3441,429,908

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

26 cemeteries and 6 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 26 of 26 listed
NameLatLon
Bay Ridge Cemetery28.74988-81.5623
Chapel Hill Cemetery28.57819-81.27235
Christmas Cemetery28.55667-81.01839
Doctor Phillips Cemetery28.52528-81.42757
Doctor Phillips Cemetery28.47807-81.50936
Drawdy-Rouse Cemetery28.60823-81.22469
Edgewood - Greenwood Cemetery28.67816-81.50274
Florida Memorial Park28.66139-81.51424
Glen Haven Memorial Park and Mausoleum28.61944-81.33035
Greenwood Cemetery28.53472-81.35729
Greenwood Cemetery28.67555-81.50146
Lake Hill Cemetery28.53741-81.46292
Lock Cemetery28.39476-81.32775
Oak Ridge Cemetery28.45107-81.40378
Ocoee Cemetery28.55832-81.53755
Orlando Memorial Gardens28.61363-81.5351
Palm Cemetery28.605-81.35451
Pineywood Cemetery28.57972-81.32646
Plymouth Cemetery28.69136-81.56643
Tangerine Cemetery28.75916-81.61341
Washington Park Cemetery28.51371-81.42812
West Orange Memorial Park28.55776-81.55744
Williams Cemetery28.52889-81.64341
Winter Garden Cemetery28.50111-81.58535
Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery28.53561-81.51095
Zellwood Cemetery28.71111-81.58063
Historical populated places — 6 of 6
NameLatLon
Canal Addition28.46424-81.34481
Lake Conway Park28.46454-81.34179
Minorville28.55222-81.53757
Nela Isle Annex28.46424-81.3476
Tala Apopka28.46695-81.18312
Yalaka28.40028-81.16645

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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