FLORIDA: ORANGE COUNTY.
ORANGE COUNTY...USED TO BE CALLED MOSQUITO COUNTY TIL 1845.
ITS COUNTY SEAT IS ORLANDO.
IT WAS FORMED IN 1824 OUT OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY.
THE AREA TO THE SOUTH OF ST JOHNS BECAME MOSQUITO COUNTY IN 1824 AND ENTERPRISE BECAME ITS COUNTY SEAT.
IT WAS RENAMED ORANGE COUNTY IN 1845.
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AMERICAN ADVENTURE
EPCOT CENTER
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*** Named for its main product : oranges...but severe cold in recent winters and diseases have destroyed a majority of orange groves . Orlando population growth has moved into a lot of what was orange groves.
*** This county is located along the Interstate 4 corridor which is the "swing part of the state" in elections.
*** Orlando was nicknamed "The City Beautiful"
*** Tourism...Tourism...Tourism:
Disney, Universal, Sea World, Gatorland, Wet'n Wild, ...conferences...conventions to name a few.
*** Orlando is the 7th of 10 most visited theme parks in North America.
*** Many notable athletes and famous other people were born here or have lived here during their lives: Shaquille O'Neal, Wayne Brady , Warren Sapp to mention a few.
*** Metro Orlando has 19 or now maybe more skyscrapers.
*** The University of Central Florida is here. It was the 2nd largest university campus in 2012 in terms of enrollment according to Internet statistics.
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Postcard Traveler All US Counties Postcard Trip Stop 10C
Contemporary Resort
Orlando Orange County
Florida
Ebay: Sandy's Cove
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OK...Laziboy.tourists...time to buckle up and swoosh on off to our next county Stop 11...of our 3,007 United States counties we are visiting.
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STOP 10D
UNIVERSITY OF ENERGY
EPCOT CENTER
ORANGE COUNTY
FLORIDA
1982 WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS POSTCARD  HOLIDAY INN COLONIAL DRIVE ORLANDO  POLYNESIAN VILLAGE WALT DISNEY WORLD   |
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