Sanford (Florida)

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Sanford
Nickname : Celery City
Historic clock in downtown
Historic clock in downtown
County and state location
Seminole County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Sanford Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1877
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Seminole County
Coordinates : 28 ° 48 ′  N , 81 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 28 ° 48 ′  N , 81 ° 16 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 53,570 (as of 2010)
Population density : 1,082.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 58.5 km 2  (approx. 23 mi 2 ) of
which 49.5 km 2  (approx. 19 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 11 m
Postcodes : 32771-32773
Area code : +1 407 321
FIPS : 12-63650
GNIS ID : 0290631
Website : www.sanfordfl.gov
Mayor : Jeff triplet

Sanford is a city and also the county seat of Seminole County in the US state of Florida with 53,570 inhabitants (as of 2010).

Sanford has always been an agricultural center. Today the city is home to the Delta Connection flight school and the Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens .

geography

The city is part of the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) Orlando – Kissimmee – Sanford, Florida (called Greater Orlando ), in which a good 2.1 million people live. It is located on the south bank of Lake Monroe , which forms part of the St. Johns River . Sanford is about 20 km north of Orlando .

history

The Timucua once lived on the shores of Lake Monroe , around 1760 the Seminoles replaced the previous population. In 1835 the Seminoles destroyed the port of Palatka on the St. Johns River . then a garrison was built upstream on the south bank of Lake Monroe at a trading post . It was named Camp Monroe . After an attack in 1837, the camp was reinforced and named Fort Mellon .

General Zachary Taylor had a road built from Fort Mellon to Fort Brooke (now Tampa ). In 1842 the city of Mellonville was built around Fort Mellon (by Daniel Stewart). When Florida joined the United States in 1845, Mellonville became the first county seat of Orange County , previously Mosquito County , located on the north side of Lake Monroe in Enterprise . In 1870 General Henry Shelton Sanford acquired 50.78 km² west of Mellonville and founded a town there. Sanford believed the new location had the potential to become the hub of trade with southern Florida and named it "The Gateway City to South Florida". Various groups were brought in from Swedes in 1871 as indentured servants ( temporary servants ) to build a new city with grueling work and clear the subtropical wilderness in order to be able to grow citrus trees in its place. The place was raised to a municipality with its 100 inhabitants in 1877; In 1883 Mellonville was incorporated.

In 1880 Sanford received its first rail connection to Orlando through the South Florida Railroad . This line was extended to the port of Tampa until 1884 . In 1886 the gap was closed in Sanford from Jacksonville by the Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Railway . Also in 1886, the Orange Belt Railway built a line from Sanford to Oakland , which was extended to Saint Petersburg in 1888 . During this time a hotel was built in Sanford. After several takeovers, the Orange Belt Railway was shut down when the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad was founded in 1967.

In 1887 a fire destroyed many buildings in the city, most of which were then made of wood. Brick was used in the reconstruction. In the winter of 1894/95, an unusual cold spell destroyed the citrus harvest. This motivated farmers to also plant vegetables. Celery was first planted in 1896. As this vegetable soon became the leading variety, the city was given the nickname Celery City. In 1913, Seminole County was spun off from Orange County and Sanford was promoted to the county seat. Agriculture remained the dominant industry until the 1940s.

In 1942, the Naval Air Station Sanford was established, which served as a training location for pilots, which conducted operational training in the PV-1 Ventura , PBO Hudson , F4F / FM-1 Wildcat and the F6F Hellcat . 1943–45 there were around 360 officers and 1,500 soldiers stationed at NAS Sanford. The base was deactivated in 1946, but reactivated as early as 1950. Now Douglas A-3 and later North American A-5 operated there. In the mid-1960s the base had almost 4,000 employees.

Because of the cost of the Vietnam War , several military bases in the United States were closed in 1968, including NAS Sanford. The site was then converted into a civil airport, now known as Orlando Sanford International Airport .

With the opening of Walt Disney World in October 1971, the economic focus in the entire region shifted more towards tourism. Due to its past as a trading center, several older buildings have been preserved in Sanford. Its location on Lake Monroe and the St. Johns River made it possible to connect the city by water with the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway via Jacksonville .

Sanford has recently been filming a number of films including My Girl (1991), Passenger 57 (1992), Rosewood Burning (1997), and Monster (2003).

On February 26, 2012, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot dead in the street. This act subsequently led to the resignation of the local police chief.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 53,570 inhabitants were distributed over 23,061 households. The population density was 1082.2 inh / km². 57.3% of the population identified themselves as whites, 30.5% as African American , 0.5% as Indians and 2.8% as Asian Americans . 5.5% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 3.3% to several ethnic groups. 20.2% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 there were children under the age of 18 in 36.8% of all households and people aged 65 and over in 19.1% of all households. 63.7% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.59 people and the average family size was 3.17 people.

29.0% of the population were younger than 20 years, 32.2% were 20 to 39 years old, 25.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 13.6% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 32 years. 48.0% of the population were male and 52.0% were female.

The median annual income was $ 43,250, with 17.4% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 87.95% of the population, Spanish was spoken by 10.20% and 1.85% had another mother tongue.

Attractions

Seminole County Home

The following properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places :

More Attractions:

  • Central Florida Zoological Park
  • Museum of Seminole County History
  • Sanford City Museum
  • NAS Sanford Memorial Park

education

A school in a historic building

In addition to the various compulsory schools (public and private), the Seminole State College of Florida is located in Sanford. There is a flight school for airline pilots at the airport.

traffic

Interstate 4 , US Highways 17 and 92 as well as Florida State Roads 15 , 46 , 415 , 417 ( Central Florida GreeneWay , toll) and 600 cross or touch Sanford .

In Station Sanford to start car train ( car train ), the travelers and their vehicles along the east coast of Lorton in the state of Virginia , near Washington, DC , promoted. Sanford is also a SunRail station on the DeBary route via Orlando to Poinciana . Amtrak long-distance trains are available at DeLand and Winter Park stations .

The city is served by buses operated by the regional transport company Lynx. Not far southeast of the city center is the Orlando Sanford International Airport .

crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 559 points (US average: 266 points) in the high range. There were three murders, 38 rapes, 174 robberies, 141 assaults, 871 break-ins, 2286 thefts, 210 car thefts and two arson attacks.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Sanford, Florida  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d story on the city administration website
  2. ^ Gregg Turner: A Short History of Florida Railroads. Arcadia Publishing , Mount Pleasant 2014, ISBN 978-1-439642-54-2
  3. ↑ a b http://www.nassanfordmemorial.com/NAS_History.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/search/title?locations=Sanford,%20Florida,%20USA
  5. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  6. ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  7. ^ FLORIDA - Seminole County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed August 16, 2015 .
  8. ↑ http://www.nassanfordmemorial.com/galleries/memorialpark-slideshow/index.htm
  9. ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Sanford-Florida.html
  10. ↑ Jesse Outlaw: Doug Marlette, Pulitzer, editorial cartoons, Kudzu, cartoonist, The Bridge, Mississippi, writer. Retrieved September 17, 2010 .