Conrad Realty Company thanks the West Volusia Historical Society, Uscity.net, the DeLand Naval Air Station Museum, the City of DeLand, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Stetson University, and PlanetDeLand for the historical information compiled here. Their Web addresses are listed below.

DeLand, the county seat of Volusia County, in Central Florida, is a university town of about 22,000. It has three districts and many individual properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

About 40 minutes north of Orlando, DeLand's tree-shaded streets are situated between the banks of the St. Johns River on the west and the Atlantic Coast in Daytona Beach on the east.

DeLand boasts an award-winning downtown with notable shops and restaurants, and numerous venues for the performing and visual arts. DeLand is surrounded by carefully preserved areas of natural Florida. Blue Springs, DeLeon Springs, and Hontoon Island state parks are all within 15 minutes of Downtown DeLand.

But how did this beautiful Central Florida place come to be?

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