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Sanford
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county seat of Seminole County, Florida, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- County
- Seminole
- Incorporated
- September 29, 1877
- Founded by
- Henry Shelton Sanford
- Type
- Commission–Manager
- City
- 27.18 sq mi (70.39 km )
- Land
- 23.58 sq mi (61.07 km )
- Water
- 3.60 sq mi (9.32 km )
- Elevation
- 39 ft (12 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 66,919
- Density
- 2,589.2/sq mi (999.68/km )
- Urban
- 1,510,516 ( 32nd U.S. )
- Metro
- 2,267,846 ( 26th U.S. )
- Time zone
- UTC-05:00 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-04:00 ( EDT )
- Zip codes
- 32771, 32773
- Area codes
- 321 , 407, 689
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Sanford
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Seminole County
- Population
- 61051
- Area
- 68.638567
- Elevation
- 11
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Seminole County
- Founded by
- Henry Shelton Sanford
- Official website
- www.sanfordfl.gov
- Image
- Sanford FL HD WC02.jpg
- Households
- 22236
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- Commons category
- Sanford, Florida
- topic's main category
- Category:Sanford, Florida
- twinned administrative body
- Deltona
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Sanford, Florida
- category for people born here
- Q21158602
- P8168
- Samantha Bond
- water as percent of area
- 13.3695
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Greater Orlando
- per capita income
- 26014
- date of incorporation
- 1877-09-29
- postal code
- 32773
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Encyclopedic overview
Sanford is a city in and the county seat of Seminole County, Florida, United States. It is located in Central Florida and its population was 61,051 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Known as the "Historic Waterfront Gateway City", Sanford sits on the southern shore of Lake Monroe at the head of navigation on the St. Johns River. Native Americans first settled the area thousands of years before the city was formed. The Seminoles arrived in the area in the 18th century. During the Second Seminole War in 1836, the United States Army established Camp Monroe and built a road now known as Mellonville Avenue. Sanford is about 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Orlando.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sanford” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.