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Volusia County, Florida

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106historic places
—earliest paper
1854formed
553,543pop. 2020
83cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 106 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Daytona Beach, New Smyrna Beach, Ormond Beach.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

61 of 106 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

106 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Abbey, TheDaytona BeachBuilding1987
Airport Clear Zone Archeological SiteNew Smyrna BeachSite2008
All Saint's Episcopal ChurchEnterpriseBuilding1974
Anderson-Price Memorial Library BuildingOrmond BeachBuilding1984
Barberville Central High SchoolBarbervilleBuilding1993
Bethune, Mary McLeod, Home NHLDaytona BeachBuilding1974
Bethune-Cookman College Historic DistrictDaytona BeachDistrict1996
Blanchette Archeological SiteNew SmyrnaSite2008
Blodgett, Delos A., HouseDaytona BeachBuilding1993
Casements AnnexOrmond BeachBuilding1988
Casements, TheOrmond BeachBuilding1972
Chief Master at Arms HouseDeLandBuilding2002
City IslandDaytona BeachDistrict2000
City Island Ball ParkDaytona BeachSite1998
Coronado Historic DistrictNew Smyrna BeachDistrict1997
Cypress Street Elementary SchoolDaytona BeachBuilding1996
Daytona Beach Bandshell and Oceanfront Park ComplexDaytona BeachDistrict1999
Daytona Beach Surfside Historic DistrictDaytona BeachDistrict1996
DeBary HallDeBaryBuilding1972
DeLand HallDeLandBuilding1983
DeLand Memorial Hospital, OldDeLandBuilding1989
DeLeon Springs Colored SchoolDeLeon SpringsBuilding2003
Dickinson Memorial Library and ParkOrange CityBuilding1995
Dix HouseOrmond BeachBuilding1989
Donnelly, Bartholomew J., HouseDaytona BeachBuilding1993
Downtown DeLand Historic DistrictDeLandDistrict1987
Dunlawton Avenue Historic DistrictPort OrangeDistrict1998
Dunlawton Plantation-Sugar Mill RuinsPort OrangeSite1973
Eastwood Terrace HotelDelandBuilding2019
El Pino Parque Historic DistrictDaytonaDistrict1993
El Real RetiroNew Smyrna BeachBuilding1987
First Presbyterian Church Archeological SiteNew Smyrna BeachSite2008
French, Seth, HouseOrange CityBuilding2003
Gamble Place Historic DistrictPort OrangeDistrict1993
Grace Episcopal Church and Guild HallPort OrangeBuilding1998
Grange Archeological SiteNew Smyrna BeachSite2008
Green MoundPonce InletSite2020
Hammocks, TheOrmond BeachBuilding1989
Hawks Archeological SiteEdgewaterSite2008
Haynes, Alexander, HouseDeLandBuilding1995
Holly Hill Municipal BuildingHolly HillBuilding1993
Janet's Archeological SiteNew Smyrna BeachSite2008
Kilkoff HouseDelandBuilding1997
Kling, Amos, HouseDaytona BeachBuilding1993
Kress, S.H., and Co. BuildingDaytona BeachBuilding1983
Lake Helen Historic DistrictLake HelenDistrict1993
Leeper, Doris, HouseNew Smyrna BeachBuilding2020
Lippincott MansionOrmond BeachBuilding1985
Merchants Bank BuildingDaytona BeachBuilding1986
Meyer-Davis House-Hasty CottagePonce InletBuilding2015
Moulton-Wells HouseNew Smyrna BeachBuilding2001
Mount TaylorVolusia/Delon SpringsSite1997
New Smyrna Beach Historic DistrictNew Smyrna BeachDistrict1990
New Smyrna Sugar Mill RuinsNew Smyrna BeachStructure1970
NocorocoOrmond BeachSite1973
Old Fort Park Archeological SiteNew Smyrna BeachSite2008
Old Stone Wharf Archeological SiteNew Smyrna BeachSite2008
Olds HallDaytona BeachBuilding1993
Orange City Colored SchoolOrange CityBuilding2003
Orange City Historic DistrictOrange CityDistrict2004
Orange City Town HallOrange CityBuilding2002
Ormond Fire HouseOrmond BeachBuilding2010
Ormond Yacht ClubOrmond BeachBuilding2005
Pacetti HotelPonce InletBuilding2020
Ponce De Leon Inlet Lightstation NHLPonce de Leon InletBuilding1972
Porches, TheOrmond BeachBuilding1988
Port Orange Florida East Coast Railway Freight DepotPort OrangeBuilding1998
Rogers HouseDaytona BeachBuilding1986
Ross Hammock SiteOak HillSite1981
RowallanOrmond BeachBuilding1988
Seabreeze Historic DistrictDaytona BeachDistrict1998
Seminole RestOak HillSite1997
Seybold Baking Company FactoryDaytona BeachBuilding1997
Sleepy Hollow Archeological SiteNew Smyrna BeachSite2008
South Beach Street Historic DistrictDaytona BeachDistrict1988
South Peninsula Historic DistrictDaytona BeachDistrict1998
South Ridgewood Elementary SchoolDaytona BeachBuilding2011
Southern Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp Historic DistrictCassadagaDistrict1991
Southwest Daytona Beach Black Heritage DistrictDaytona BeachDistrict1997
Spruce Creek Mound ComplexPort OrangeSite1990
St. Rita's Colored Catholic MissionNew Smyna BeachBuilding2007
Stetson University Campus Historic DistrictDeLandDistrict1991
Stetson, John B., HouseDeLandBuilding1978
Stevens, Ann, HouseLake HelenBuilding1993
Stockton-Lindquist HouseDeLandBuilding2004
Strawn Historic Citrus Packing House DistrictDeLeon SpringsDistrict1993
Strawn Historic Sawmill DistrictDeLeon SpringsDistrict1993
TalahlokaOrmond BeachBuilding1989
Tarragona TowerDayton BeachStructure2005
Three Chimneys Archaeological SiteOrmond BeachSite2010
Thurman, Howard, HouseDaytona BeachBuilding1990
Thursby, Louis P., HouseOrange CityBuilding2000
Tomoka Mound and Midden ComplexOrmond BeachSite2020
Tourist ChurchDaytonaBuilding1995
Turnbull Canal SystemNew Smyrna BeachStructure2007
Turnbull Colonists' House Archeological SiteNew Smyrna BeachSite2008
Turnbull Colonists' House No. 2 Archeological SiteNew Smyrna BeachSite2008
Turtle MoundNew Smyrna BeachSite1970
US Post OfficeDaytona BeachBuilding1988
Village Improvement Association HallOak HillBuilding2022
West DeLand Residential DistrictDeLandDistrict1992
White HallDaytona BeachBuilding1992
White-Fox House Archeological SiteNew Smyrna BeachSite2008
Woman's Club of New SmyrnaNew Smyrna BeachBuilding1989
Wright, James W., BuildingDeLandBuilding2021
Young, S. Cornelia, Memorial LibraryDaytonaBuilding1992

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Volusia was formed in 1854 (1854-12-29) from Orange.

VOLUSIA created from ORANGE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Volusia County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

554k277k1,1581860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,1583,29410,00323,37453,71074,229125,319258,762443,343553,543

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

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Canaveral National SeashorePark unit53.3 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

83 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 83 listed
NameLatLon
Baker Cemetery29.02081-81.33676
Barbersville Cemetery29.19833-81.41944
Bellevue Memorial Cemetery (historical)29.18526-81.03867
Beresford Cemetery29.00367-81.34237
Bethel Cemetery29.07151-81.3243
Braddock Cemetery29.34275-81.5226
Causey Family Cemetery29.30886-81.49308
Cedar Hill Cemetery (historical)29.1872-81.03978
Charitable Cemetery29.01442-81.31367
Charnel Cemetery29.046-81.31837
Clifton Cemetery29.23236-81.31978
Clinton Family Cemetery28.91511-80.87777
Cone Cemetery29.3241-81.4723
Cone Cemetery29.23681-81.12019
Davis Grave Site28.79879-80.96438
Daytona Memorial Park29.18568-81.03871
DeLand Memorial Gardens29.01206-81.2916
Deep Creek Cemetery28.98281-81.18004
Deltona Memorial Gardens28.89193-81.24006
Detwiler Park Cemetery29.03593-80.89765
Dillard CemeteryNoneNone
Dummitt Gravesite29.0371-80.90384
Ebenezer Lutheran Cemetery29.23638-81.4625
Ebenezer Lutheran Cemetery29.23603-81.4622
Edgewater Cemetery29.02942-80.9845
Enterprise Cemetery28.88249-81.27656
Evergreen Cemetery28.88137-81.27589
Fisher Cemetery29.05958-80.99067
French Cemetery29.27061-81.03471
Friendship Cemetery29.08798-81.05127
Garfield Settlement Cemetery28.86771-81.22611
Gethsemane Cemetery29.27386-81.06505
Glencoe - Geiger Cemetery29.02216-80.98086
Glenwood Black Cemetery29.08764-81.36245
Glenwood Cemetery29.08104-81.35972
Greenwood Cemetery29.20525-81.04866
Groover Creek Cemetery29.26506-81.12415
Harris Cemetery29.29813-81.48338
Hillside Cemetery29.28636-81.04144
Hollywood Cemetery28.9372-81.30423
Johnson Cemetery29.1444-81.3431
Lake Dias Cemetery29.15133-81.33034
Lake Helen - Cassadaga Cemetery28.97052-81.23827
Larkin Cemetery29.04285-80.95038
Lincoln Cemetery28.93681-81.3058
Lungren Cemetery29.16857-81.47661
Methodist Cemetery29.24607-81.45136
Midway Methodist Cemetery29.19838-81.41936
Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery28.91524-81.31682
Mount Ararat Cemetery29.1847-81.04061
Mount Zion Primitive Baptist Cemetery29.23673-81.4674
Oak Hill Cemetery28.87058-80.85858
Oak Ridge Cemetery29.27615-81.08391
Oakdale Cemetery29.04165-81.31006
Oakdale Cemetery29.19607-81.47844
Oakdale Cemetery29.03442-81.30395
Oaklynn Cemetery28.98023-80.92711
Osteen Cemetery28.89221-81.15561
Osteen Memorial Gardens28.88696-81.17617
Pacetti Family Cemetery29.08024-80.93043
Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery29.05151-81.29776
Pilgrims Rest Cemetery29.27936-81.08196
Pine Ridge African American Cemetery (historical)29.179-81.01026
Pinehurst Cemetery29.115-81.34333
Pinewood Cemetery29.22609-81.01283
Ponce Inlet Grave Site29.08244-80.93448
Prevatt Settlement Cemetery28.99473-81.23499
Purdom Cemetery29.20399-81.43389
Roberts Cemetery29.3141-81.48249
Saints Cemetery28.85363-80.84407
Sea Pines Memorial Gardens28.94798-80.88282
Seville Cemetery29.32366-81.49714
Shady Rest Cemetery29.25934-81.04471
Sinners Cemetery28.85283-80.84089
Spruce Creek Cemetery29.0796-81.0436
Suber Memorial Gardens28.9803-81.25155
Sunset Memorial Park29.05998-81.21506
Sunset Park Cemetery29.16078-81.03586
Taylor GravesiteNoneNone
Union Cemetery29.02124-81.33803
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
New Smyrna29.05026-80.93311
Tallahasse - Yuchi29.06693-81.36645

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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