DeLand is a city in and the county seat of Volusia County, Florida, United States. The city sits approximately 34 miles (55 km) north of the central business district of Orlando, and approximately 23 miles (37 km) west of the central business district of Daytona Beach. It is a part of the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 37,351.
Annual Dog Parade
Old Volusia County Courthouse DeLand
Athens Theater, built in 1921
New York Avenue in 1905
Volusia County is 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. It was founded on December 29, 1854, from part of Orange County, and was named for the community of Volusia, located in northwestern Volusia County. Its first county seat was Enterprise. Since 1887, its county seat has been DeLand.
Volusia County courthouse in DeLand, built in 2001
Volusia on the right bank of the St. Johns River (circa 1835)
Timucua owl totem found near Hontoon Island in the St. Johns River, Volusia County
Avenue of Moss-Covered Oaks, Near Ormond, Florida -- an 1893 duotone print
