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3 unusual facts about Volusia County


Illicium parviflorum

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

Nerodia clarkii

A third subspecies, the Atlantic salt marsh snake (N. c. taeniata), is restricted to a small stretch of coastline in Volusia and Indian River Counties, Florida.

Suzuki Boulevard C50

Prior to 2005, this bike model was named the Volusia (for Volusia County, Florida) where it was unveiled at the 2001 Daytona Bike Week.


Area code 386

The vast majority of Volusia County with the exception of the unincorporated area of Osteen (Southwest Volusia County) area is covered as well.

Hurricane Wilma

In other areas of Central Florida, schools were closed in Flagler, Lake, Orange, and Volusia counties.

Hursti Hack

Attending were Harris and Kathleen Wynne from Black Box Voting, Hursti, Thompson, along with Susan Pynchon of Florida Fair Elections Coalition from Volusia County, Florida, and Susan Bernecker, a former candidate for New Orleans city council who videotaped Sequoia-brand touch-screen voting machines in her district recording vote after vote for the wrong candidate.

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”.

Transportation in Brevard County, Florida

Extending all the way from the northern boundary with Volusia County to the southern boundary with Indian River County is the major expressway Interstate 95, which links all cities in Brevard County with each other, and with Daytona Beach to the north, and Vero Beach to the south.


see also

Bethune Beach, Florida

The town was once the only beach that African Americans were permitted to use in Volusia County during the first half of the century and is named after the famous black educator Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, founder of Bethune-Cookman College.

Blue Spring

Blue Spring State Park, a 1st magnitude spring in Volusia County, Florida

Stockton-Lindquist House

The Stockton-Lindquist House (SLH) is the oldest historic home in the small town of DeLand, Florida and one of the oldest Historic Sites in Volusia County, FL.