With
its real estate at the doorstep to WALT
DISNEY WORLD® Resort and easy access
to Universal Orlandosm, SeaWorld®
Orlando, Cypress Gardens, the Kennedy
Space Center Visitor Complex, and the
spring training facility for the Houston
Astos among many others, Osceola County
is a perfect location to call home.
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Osceola
County is a 1,506 square mile area that
serves as the south/central boundary
of the Central Florida Region and the
Greater Metropolitan Area.
History
On
the 21 Jul 1821 there were two counties
formed in Florida - Escambia to the
west and St Johns County to the east.
From these two counties were formed
over sixty counties. in 1824 From St
Johns county the area to the south became
Mosquito County and Enterprise was the
county seat. The name was changed to
Orange county in 1845 when Florida became
a state. A year before in 1844 Brevard
County was carved out from Mosquito
County.
Osceola
County was formed on May 12, 1887
with a population of 815 from real
estate from Brevard and Orange counties
by an act of Legislature sponsored
by Riley Johnson who represented Brevard
County, but lived in Kissimmee City.
At that time Osceola reached all the
way down to Lake Okeechobee until
1917. Senator J. Milton Bryan of Orange
County is credited with having named
Osceola County after the famed Indian
chief.
The
City of Kissimmee, the County Seat, is 18 miles
due south of Orlando. Osceola’s only other incorporated
City, St. Cloud, is 9 miles east of Kissimmee,
and approximately 45 miles west of the City
of Melbourne on the Atlantic Coast.
Beyond this northwest quadrant and to the south
and east with the exception of a few very small,
rural towns, like Holopaw, Kenansville, and
Yeehaw Junction, ranch lands and undeveloped
prairie, woods and marsh dominate the County.
These large regions include the Mormon Church
owned Desert Ranches and a number of other large,
privately operated ranch and agricultural lands.
Also included are the State of Florida's wildlife
management areas and preserves at Bull Creek,
Prairie Lakes, and the Three Lakes. As the "headwaters"
of the South Florida Water Management District
and the Lake Okeechobee/Florida everglades ecosystem,
Osceola County is bounded by the Kissimmee River,
is crossed by a number of partially accessible
creeks, and is home to the Kissimmee Chain-of-Lakes,
that includes some of the State’s largest and
finest fishing and recreational attractions.
An urban and urbanizing area in the northwest
quadrant of the County dominates Osceola County's
geography. This area is adjoining to Polk County
and Orange County and includes most of Osceola's
population. It includes the incorporated areas
of Kissimmee and St. Cloud, the unincorporated
communities of Poinciana and Buenaventura Lakes,
and unincorporated subdivisions ranging from
Narcoossee in the northeast to Campbell City
and Intercession City in the southwest to Deer
Run and the St. Cloud Manor areas in the south.
Osceola
County, located in the high-growth Central
Florida region, provides a distinctive
blend of rural life and all the benefits
of its proximity to a major metropolitan
area.
Total
Area
(6th
largest FL county)
1,506 square
miles of real estate
Land
Area
1,322
square miles of real estate
Mean
Temperature
72.3
Annual
Rainfall
60+
inches
Water
area
184.5
sq. mi.
Population
1997
143,828
2000
172,493
% change, 1990-2000:
60.1
2003 (estimated) 205.870
(U.S. Census
Bureau)
Housing
units, 2002: 82,666
Median value of owner-occupied housing units,
2000: $99,300
Osceola's economic
base is dominated by tourism, serving as a "gateway"
to Disney World, Universal and other Central
Florida attractions. The area's historical investments
in ranching and citrus are still very strong,
while light industry and service enterprises
are growing due to Osceola's transportation
advantages and proximity to the Greater Orlando
area.
Industries providing
employment: Arts, entertainment, recreation,
accommodation and food services (29.7%), Retail
trade (13.3%), Educational, health and social
services (12.3%).
Osceola County
is a Charter County, and an administrative subdivision
of the State of Florida. Part of the County
Government is run by an elected County Commission,
while another part of it is run by five independently
elected Constitutional Officers. (Cities and
the School Board each have only one elected
council.) Osceola County Government is
a "multi-purpose" government providing
different services at different levels. Osceola
County provides "municipal" services
to unincorporated County residents and "Countywide"
services to all County residents, whether they
live in the Cities or not.
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The
City of Kissimmee, the County Seat, is 18 miles
due south of Orlando. Osceola’s only other incorporated
City, St. Cloud, is 9 miles east of Kissimmee,
and approximately 45 miles west of the City
of Melbourne on the Atlantic Coast.
Beyond this northwest quadrant and to the south
and east with the exception of a few very small,
rural towns, like Holopaw, Kenansville, and
Yeehaw Junction, ranch lands and undeveloped
prairie, woods and marsh dominate the County.
These large regions include the Mormon Church
owned Desert Ranches and a number of other large,
privately operated ranch and agricultural lands.
Also included are the State of Florida's wildlife
management areas and preserves at Bull Creek,
Prairie Lakes, and the Three Lakes. As the "headwaters"
of the South Florida Water Management District
and the Lake Okeechobee/Florida everglades ecosystem,
Osceola County is bounded by the Kissimmee River,
is crossed by a number of partially accessible
creeks, and is home to the Kissimmee Chain-of-Lakes,
that includes some of the State’s largest and
finest fishing and recreational attractions.
