Deltona Florida
Deltona is a city in Volusia County, Florida, United States, centrally located approximately 30 miles (48 km) from Orlando and Daytona Beach. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a population of 85,182. It is a principal city of the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area, which was home to 494,593 people in 2010.
Founded in 1962, the city was master-planned and developed by the Mackle Company, then known as the Deltona Corporation. The city's name is derived from the company's name, which is a portmanteau of two Volusia County cities, DeLand and Daytona Beach. During the 1970s and 1980s, Deltona faced a major housing boom, adding over 50,000 residents by 1990. Deltona has a distinctive atmosphere among Central Florida communities, as the city's land use is almost entirely residential; the city primarily functions as a commuter town, and depends on surrounding communities for employment, shopping and entertainment.
Because the city is close, in proximity to Orlando, it is generally considered to be an "edge city" of the Orlando metropolitan area; the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach and Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Areas are further listed by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget as part of the Orlando–Deltona–Daytona Beach Combined Statistical Area, which was home to 2,818,120 people in 2010.
