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4 unusual facts about Seminole County


Andy Gardiner

When Republican State Senator Daniel Webster was unable to seek re-election in the 9th District, which included parts of Orange County, Osceola County, and Seminole County, due to term limits, Gardiner defeated Darius Davis, a teacher and the Democratic nominee, with 58% of the vote to win the seat.

Illicium parviflorum

The plant is currently known from fewer than 20 occurrences in Central Florida, within Polk, Marion, Lake, Volusia, and Seminole Counties.

Lake Harney

Lake Harney, named for General William Selby Harney is a lake that straddles the county line between Volusia County and Seminole County Florida at the coordinates latitude 28°45’21.404”, longitude 81° 03’36.019”.

Metroplan Orlando

Metroplan Orlando is the metropolitan planning organization (MPO) for the Orlando, Florida Urban Area, which consists of Orange, Osceola and Seminole Counties.


Goldsboro, Florida

Goldsboro is a community and former town Seminole County, Florida founded in 1891, and one of the oldest African-American-founded communities in the United States.

Jeff Faine

Faine is a 1999 graduate of Seminole High School in Sanford, Florida.


see also

Ritz Theatre

Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center, Sanford, Seminole County, Florida, formerly the Ritz Theater, the Milane Theatre, and the Helen Stairs Theatre

Seminole County School District

Seminole County High School was once the playing ground for a Washington Redskins player named Phillip Daniels.