De Land

De Land
/deuh land"/
a city in E Florida. 15,354.

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also spelled  DeLand 

      city, seat (1888) of Volusia county, northeastern Florida, U.S. It is situated just east of the St. Johns River (Saint Johns River), about 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Daytona Beach. The area's original inhabitants, the Timucua Indians, were driven from the region by the Creek and British by the mid-18th century. In 1876 Henry Addison DeLand, a New York baking powder manufacturer, planted water oak trees at the site and founded a settlement. He established an academy there in 1883, which was financially assisted by John B. Stetson, a Philadelphia hat maker (it was renamed Stetson University in 1889). The community developed as a college town and centre of a citrus-growing region. Chinese horticulturist Lue Gim Gong developed new strains of orange and grapefruit there in the late 1800s.

      Citrus processing is still important, but the city's diversified economy is based more on industrial development and tourism. De Land has museums devoted to minerals, art, and African American art and culture. Ocala National Forest is immediately west. Also nearby are Blue Spring (southwest) and Hontoon Island (west) state parks. Inc. 1882. Pop. (1990) 16,491; (2000) 20,904.

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