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Volusia County
Founded: December 29, 1854
Named for the Community of Volusia
County Seat: DeLand
Largest City: Deltona


Old Volusia Co. Courthouse
DeLand, Fla.
(postcard)

Volusia County was created from Orange County by the Florida Legislature on December 29, 1854. It was named after its largest community, Volusia.

At one time this area was indigenous to the Timucua and Mayaca people. In 1768, Andrew Turnbull, a Scottish diplomat, founded the colony of New Smyrna in southeast Volusia County. At that time the area was part of the province of British East Florida. In 1777 the colony was permanently abandoned and the settlers relocated to St. Augustine.

Today, the county is most known for Daytona Raceway and Daytona Beach.


Elizabeth Hall, Stetson University
DeLand, Fla.
(postcard)

Cities
Daytona Beach • Daytona Beach Shores • DeBary • DeLand • Deltona • Edgewater • Holly Hill • Lake Helen • New Smyrna Beach • Oak Hill • Orange City • Ormond Beach • Port Orange • South Daytona

Towns
Pierson • Ponce Inlet

Other Communities
Alamana • Allandale • Barberville • Bethune Beach • Benson Junction • Cassadaga • Creighton • DeLeon Springs • DeLand Southwest • Emporia • Enterprise • Farmton • Fort Florida • Glencoe • Glenwood • Lemon Bluff • Maytown • North DeLand • Ormond-by-the-Sea • Osteen • Pennichaw • Samsula-Spruce Creek • Senyah • Seville • Volusia • West DeLand • Wilbur-by-the-Sea

Ghost towns
Eldora • Garfield


Beach St, Daytona Beach, FL
c. 1906

Surrounding Counties
Flagler (north)
Brevard (south)
Lake (west)
Seminole (southwest)
Orange (southwest)
Marion (northwest)
Putnam (northwest)


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