Pierson
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town in Volusia County, Florida, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- County
- Volusia
- Settled piersonville
- c. 1876–1886
- Type
- Mayor-Council
- Mayor
- David "Gray" Leonhard
- Vice mayor
- Robert F. Greenlund
- Council members
- Linnie R. Richardson, Brandy Peterson, and, James "Jimmy" Anderson
- City clerk
- Yvonne Braddock
- City attorney
- Christian W. Waugh
- Total
- 10.91 sq mi (28.26 km )
- Land
- 10.20 sq mi (26.41 km )
- Water
- 0.71 sq mi (1.85 km )
- Elevation
- 72 ft (22 m)
- Density
- 151.2/sq mi (58.38/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 12-56425
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Pierson
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Volusia County
- Population
- 1542
- Area
- 22.702836
- Elevation
- 23
- Official website
- www.townofpierson.org
- Image
- Pierson, Florida Town Hall.jpg
- Households
- 435
- Dialing code
- 386
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- postal code
- 32180
- inception
- 1876-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 6.6656
- per capita income
- 20004
- Commons category
- Pierson, Florida
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Encyclopedic overview
Pierson is a town in Volusia County, Florida, United States. The town is part of the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,542 as of the 2020 census.
Pierson bills itself as the "Fern Capital of the World". The town is heavily reliant on agriculture which mainly consists of fern growing. Its ferns are exported worldwide for use in floral arrangements and other decorations.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pierson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.