DeLeon Springs is a census-designated place (CDP) in Volusia County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,614 at the 2010 census. De Leon Springs State Park is located in DeLeon Springs, as is the Strawn Historic Citrus Packing House District.
Gristmill house at DeLeon Springs, ca. 1910
Ponce de Leon Springs Hotel in 1924
DeLeon Springs Colored School, now Malloy School
Building in Strawn Historic Agricultural District
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