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There was precedent for the change. Mosquito County had long before become Orange County, and the Mosquito River had become the Halifax River. Only the Mosquito Lagoon has kept its old name. [1] It is the site of the town of Ponce Inlet, Florida and the Ponce de Leon Inlet Light. The inlet is maintained by the Ponce de Leon Inlet & Port ...
Ponce Inlet lies on a peninsula at (29.094744, –80.942599), [4] adjacent to the Ponce de León Inlet, and between the Halifax River and Atlantic According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 14.7 square miles (38 km 2 ), of which 4.3 square miles (11 km 2 ) is land and 10.3 square miles (27 km 2 ) (70.48%) is water.
There are 109 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 2 National Historic Landmarks. Another district was once listed but has been removed. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 28, 2025. [2]
DeLeon Springs is named for Juan Ponce de León. [5] It was originally called Spring Garden and the name was changed in the late 1800s to attract tourists. [6] The region was developed in 1925 with a hotel/restaurant the DeLeon Spring Inn, later called the Ponce de Leon Springs Hotel, which was expanded into a larger tourist attraction in 1953. [6]
The attraction closed in the mid-1960s, the termite-infested hotel torn down, and the property was operated as a private recreational park. In 1980, a local Save Our Spring group was formed, convincing the State of Florida and Volusia County to purchase the spring and 55 acres for one million dollars.
Volusia County (/ v ə ˈ l uː ʃ ə /, və-LOO-shə) is a county located in the east-central part of the U.S. state of Florida between the St. Johns River and the Atlantic Ocean.As of the 2020 census, the county was home to 553,543 people, an increase of 11.9% from the 2010 census.
Pages in category "Parks in Volusia County, Florida" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... De Leon Springs State Park; Dunlawton ...
Mosquito Lagoon is a body of water located on the east coast of Florida in Brevard and Volusia counties. It is part of the Indian River Lagoon system and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. It extends from the Ponce de Leon Inlet to a point north of Cape Canaveral, and connects to the Indian River via the Haulover Canal. The Mosquito Lagoon ...