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55-476: 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 ,

110-531: A Superior Court and Sheriff (as an officer of the court ), both located in a designated "shire town". Bennington County, Vermont has two shire towns; the court for "North Shire" is in the shire town Manchester , and the Sheriff for the county and court for "South Shire" are in the shire town Bennington. In 2024, Connecticut , which had not defined their counties for anything but statistical, historical and weather warning purposes since 1960, along with ending

165-534: A humid subtropical climate zone ( Cfa ). On February 2, 2007, DeLand and the surrounding area was the site of a major tornado outbreak . One tornado passed through Deland. It reached a peak intensity of EF-3 (160–165 mph), had a track length of 26 miles, and was responsible for the deaths of 13 people. On August 18, 2020, an EF-2 tornado made landfall in DeLand Around 4 PM EST, and caused an estimated $ 7.4 million in damages over its 4.6 mile path. As of

220-549: A "Protect Thy Neighbor" project to oppose such conscience legislation. Americans United represented residents of Greece, New York , who opposed that town's practice of opening its council meetings with mostly Christian prayers. AU lost the case, Town of Greece v. Galloway , when the U.S. Supreme Court held that legislative prayers do not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. After

275-516: A 2,500-seat ballpark located off campus just south of downtown DeLand. Melching Field was built in 1999 and is recognized as one of the finer college baseball venues in the NCAA , having hosted numerous Atlantic Sun Conference championships, the 2018 NCAA Baseball Regionals, and other baseball related tournaments and events. Prior to the opening of Melching Field, the Hatters played at old Conrad Park on

330-538: A New Pedestrianism (2008) was filmed almost entirely in DeLand in 2006 and 2007. Walt Before Mickey filmed several scenes at the Stetson University campus in 2014 and Athens Theatre . Everett/Edwards Amtrak , the national passenger rail system, serves DeLand, operating its Silver Meteor and Silver Star trains daily in both directions between Miami and New York City. Since August 12th, 2024,

385-410: A county seat may be an independent city surrounded by, but not part of, the county of which it is the administrative center; for example, Fairfax City is both the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia and completely surrounded by Fairfax County, but the city is politically independent of the county. When the county seat is in the independent city, government offices such as the courthouse may be in

440-667: A county was the magistrate , who oversaw both the day-to-day operations of the county as well as civil and criminal cases. The current number of counties mostly resembled that of the later years of the Qing dynasty . Changes of location and names of counties in Chinese history have been a major field of research in Chinese historical geography, especially from the 1960s to the 1980s. There are 1,355 counties in Mainland China out of

495-479: A female householder with no husband present, and 44.7% were non-families. 37.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.92. In 2000, in the city the population was spread out, with 20.7% under the age of 18, 14.9% from 18 to 24, 23.2% from 25 to 44, 17.6% from 45 to 64, and 23.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

550-412: A freeze destroyed the orange crop. One story has it that DeLand had guaranteed settlers' investments as an inducement to relocate, and so was obligated to buy back their ruined groves , though there is no hard evidence that this took place. As for many other would-be real estate magnates in the area at the time, his Florida investments were nearly worthless after the freeze, and he returned to his home in

605-581: A total of 2,851 county-level divisions. In Taiwan , the first counties were first established in 1661 by the Kingdom of Tungning . The later ruler Qing empire inherited this type of administrative divisions. With the increase of Han Chinese population in Taiwan, the number of counties also grew by time. By the end of Qing era, there were 11 counties in Taiwan. Protestant missionaries in China first romanized

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660-767: Is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that advocates for the disassociation of religion and religious organizations from government. The separation of church and state in the United States is commonly interpreted to be provided in the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution , which states "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion..." Americans United describes itself as officially non-sectarian and non-partisan. According to The Praeger Handbook of Religion and Education in

715-598: Is a section of Middle Township , an incorporated municipality. In some states, often those that were among the original Thirteen Colonies , county seats include or formerly included "Court House" as part of their name, such as Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia . Most counties have only one county seat. However, some counties in Alabama , Arkansas , Georgia , Iowa , Kentucky , Massachusetts , Mississippi , Missouri , New Hampshire , New York , and Vermont have two or more county seats, usually located on opposite sides of

770-412: The 2020 United States census , there were 37,351 people, 12,675 households, and 7,753 families residing in the city. As of the 2010 United States census , there were 27,031 people, 10,007 households, and 5,498 families residing in the city. As of 2000, there were 8,375 households, out of which 23.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.0% were married couples living together, 14.6% had

825-752: The People's Republic of China . Xian have existed since the Warring States period and were set up nationwide by the Qin dynasty . The number of counties in China proper gradually increased from dynasty to dynasty. As Qin Shi Huang reorganized the counties after his unification, there were about 1,000. Under the Eastern Han dynasty , the number of counties increased to above 1,000. About 1400 existed when

880-542: The Sui dynasty abolished the commandery level (郡 jùn), which was the level just above counties, and demoted some commanderies to counties. In Imperial China, the county was a significant administrative unit because it marked the lowest level of the imperial bureaucratic structure; in other words, it was the lowest level that the government reached. Government below the county level was often undertaken through informal non-bureaucratic means, varying between dynasties. The head of

935-522: The United States , a county is an administrative or political subdivision of a state that consists of a geographic area with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority. The city, town, or populated place that houses county government is known as the seat of its county. Generally, the county legislature, county courthouse, sheriff's department headquarters, hall of records, jail and correctional facility are located in

990-645: The United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 17.8 square miles (46.1 km), of which 17.6 square miles (45.6 km) is land and 0.19 square miles (0.5 km), or 1.06%, is water. DeLand is drained by the St. Johns River . The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild winters. According to the Köppen climate classification , the City of DeLand has

1045-424: The poverty line , including 31.3% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over. Downtown DeLand's main street, Woodland Boulevard, has a number of notable 19th-century buildings. It is officially known as Downtown DeLand Historic District . The Garden District is a mixed-use neighborhood adjacent to downtown DeLand, which is officially known as Downtown DeLand's Historic Garden District. The neighborhood

1100-411: The provinces of Ontario , Quebec , New Brunswick , Prince Edward Island , and Nova Scotia have counties as an administrative division of government below the provincial level, and thus county seats. In the provinces of Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia the term "shire town" is used in place of county seat. County seats in China are the administrative centers of the counties in

1155-474: The station has been the northern terminus of Orlando's SunRail commuter rail system, with service approximately every hour on weekdays only. The line is primarily CSX 's Sanford Subdivision . It also contains a spur leading from the station which was built by the Orange Ridge, DeLand and Atlantic Railroad and has received passenger service in the past. Local transit service is provided by VOTRAN on

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1210-615: The #20 and #60 routes. During World War II, the Babcock Airplane Corporation manufactured 60 Waco CG-4 assault gliders at DeLand, but the firm was out of business by 1945. The DeLand Municipal Airport (a.k.a.; Sidney H. Taylor Field) still operates as a general aviation airport as well as a reliever airport for Orlando and Daytona Beach . It also contains the DeLand Naval Air Station Museum . County seat In Canada ,

1265-654: The Audience Choice Award at the Real to Reel International Film Festival in 2008. Public primary and secondary education is handled by Volusia County Schools . DeLand is a sister city of Belén , Costa Rica DeLand hosts all home games for Stetson University Hatters athletic teams. The men's and women's basketball teams play at the J. Ollie Edmunds Center , an on-campus arena which opened in 1974 and seats approximately 5,000 spectators. The Hatters baseball team plays at Melching Field at Conrad Park ,

1320-540: The Church meets the requirements of section 501(c)(3)." Churches do not need a tax-exempt determination letter to receive all of the benefits of tax-exempt status. In its first years, a main focus of AU's activity was opposition to the political activities of the Catholic Church and was thus seen by critics as a Protestant-based anti-Catholic organization. AU's executive director for 25 years, Barry W. Lynn ,

1375-879: The DeLand area. This in combination with the tourist end of the industry makes it one of the town's largest supporters and invaluable to the local economy. The Central Florida Warriors of the USA Rugby League are based in DeLand. DeLand has been the filming location for a number of television and movie projects, including the 1999 Adam Sandler comedy The Waterboy . Scenes showing the fictional South Central Louisiana State University Mud Dogs home football games were shot at Spec Martin Stadium. Classroom and exterior scenes were filmed at Stetson University. Scenes involving Sandler's character's home were actually filmed in neighboring DeBary . Ghost Story , starring Fred Astaire , Douglas Fairbanks, Jr and Craig Wasson ,

1430-510: The North. DeLand entrusted the academy to his friend John B. Stetson , a wealthy hat manufacturer from Philadelphia and one of the institution's founding trustees. In 1889, it was renamed John B. Stetson University in its patron's honor. In 1900, it founded the first law school in Florida (which relocated to Gulfport in 1954). Its various sports teams are called the Hatters. The community

1485-567: The U.S. and worldwide. Officially incorporated on January 29, 1948, the organization aimed to influence political leaders, and began publishing Church & State magazine in 1952 and other materials in support of church-state separation to educate the general public. Its original founding members were Charles Clayton Morrison , Glenn L. Archer , Edwin McNeill Poteat, G. Bromley Oxnam , and Joseph Martin Dawson. Americans United

1540-559: The United States "It includes members from a broad religious, and non-religious, spectrum, including Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and atheists." Its national headquarters are in Washington, D.C. Its former executive director, Barry W. Lynn , is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ , as well as an attorney involved with civil liberties issues. Americans United for Separation of Church and State

1595-541: The United States. They believed that government support for religious education would violate church-state separation and force taxpayers to subsidize sectarian education. The decision was made to form a national organization to promote and defend this point of view. It successfully protested against the appointment of a U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican. They denounced the Catholic Church for disdaining democracy in

1650-475: The church of its 501(c)(3) determination letter. After the church filed suit in federal court to get the determination letter back, the court noted, "because of the unique treatment churches receive under the Internal Revenue Code, the impact of the revocation is likely to be more symbolic than substantial.... Contributions will remain tax deductible as long as the donors are able to establish that

1705-459: The city year-round). On December 6, 1876, at 2:00 PM, the settlers decided to rename the community from "Persimmon Hollow" to " DeLand ", in honor of him founding and helping develop its infrastructure. In 1877, DeLand built a public school for the town. To enhance the community's stature and culture, and to enhance the value of his local real estate holdings, in 1883 DeLand established DeLand Academy, Florida's first private college. However, in 1885,

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1760-432: The county seat is the entire county. Ellicott City , the county seat of Howard County, Maryland , is the largest unincorporated county seat in the United States, followed by Towson , the county seat of Baltimore County, Maryland . Likewise, some county seats may not be incorporated in their own right, but are located within incorporated municipalities. For example, Cape May Court House, New Jersey , though unincorporated,

1815-491: The county seat, though some functions (such as highway maintenance, which usually requires a large garage for vehicles, along with asphalt and salt storage facilities) may also be located or conducted in other parts of the county, especially if it is geographically large. A county seat is usually an incorporated municipality . The exceptions include the county seats of counties that have no incorporated municipalities within their borders, such as Arlington County, Virginia , where

1870-420: The county. Examples include Harrison County, Mississippi , which has both Biloxi and Gulfport as county seats, and Hinds County, Mississippi , which has both Raymond and the state capital of Jackson . The practice of multiple county seat towns dates from the days when travel was difficult. There have been few efforts to eliminate the two-seat arrangement, since a county seat is a source of civic pride for

1925-571: The decision was issued, Americans United launched Operation Inclusion to advocate for making prayers "inclusive". Americans United has worked to uphold the federal law that bars non-profit groups, including houses of worship, from intervening in partisan politics. In 1992, the group reported a New York church, the Church at Pierce Creek, to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) after the church ran newspaper ads telling people not to vote for Bill Clinton . The IRS subsequently stripped

1980-555: The early 1960s, but reinstated the sport in 2013 , when it joined the Pioneer Football League . As part of Stetson's re-entry into college football, Spec Martin Stadium underwent significant renovations, including a new press box, handicapped and premium seating areas, and new locker room facilities. DeLand has been called the "skydiving capital of the world", with the majority of skydiving industries calling it home. The skydiving industry employs over 500 workers from

2035-536: The following eight years, he restored or rebuilt 32 homes and businesses, which have become the core of a neighborhood revival. The feature-length documentary film New Urban Cowboy: Toward a New Pedestrianism tells the story of DeLand and the Garden District. The film premiered in DeLand in January 2009 at the newly restored Athens Theatre. Previously, the film had appeared in seven film festivals and received

2090-625: The independent city under an agreement, such as in Albemarle , or may in be enclaves of the county surrounded by the independent city, such as in Fairfax . Others, such as Prince William , have the courthouse in an enclave surrounded by the independent city and have the county government, the Board of Supervisors, in a different part of the county, far from the county seat. The following counties have their county seat in an independent city: Bedford

2145-732: The object of a controversy in 2013, when the national group Americans United for Separation of Church and State sent the city a letter in which they argued that the seal unconstitutionally promotes Christianity, thus allegedly breaching the First Amendment Establishment Clause . The controversy faded after the city refused to change the seal. During the 1920s Florida Land Boom , fine examples of stucco Mediterranean Revival architecture by native architect Medwin Peek and others were constructed in DeLand. Many of these buildings have been handsomely restored, including

2200-542: The population was 37,351. The city was founded in 1876, and was named for its founder, Henry Addison DeLand . DeLand is home to Stetson University , Florida's oldest private college, as well as the Museum of Art - DeLand . The DeLand Municipal Airport serves as an uncontrolled general aviation reliever airport to commercial operations at Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB), Orlando Sanford International Airport (SFB) and Orlando International Airport (MCO). DeLand

2255-620: The restored Athens Theatre. Since 1992, the city has hosted the DeLand Fall Festival of the Arts, a two-day event held annually in the historic downtown area on the weekend before Thanksgiving . As of 2009, the event has an annual attendance of more than 50,000 during the weekend. The approximate coordinates for the City of DeLand are 29°1′44″N 81°18′2″W  /  29.02889°N 81.30056°W  / 29.02889; -81.30056 , in western Volusia County. According to

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2310-584: The same site, which also hosted spring training games in the 1940s and 1950s and the DeLand Red Hats, a Florida State League minor league franchise. Adjacent to Melching Field is Spec Martin Stadium , a 6,000-seat football stadium. Spec Martin Stadium hosts DeLand High School Bulldog football and soccer games, and serves as home of the Stetson University Hatters football team . Stetson had discontinued its football program in

2365-777: The state's area, has no borough government or borough seat. One borough, the Lake and Peninsula Borough , has its borough seat located in another borough, namely King Salmon in Bristol Bay Borough . In Louisiana , which is divided into parishes rather than counties, county seats are referred to as "parish seats". In New England , counties have served mainly as dividing lines for the states' judicial systems. Rhode Island has no county level of government and thus no county seats, and Massachusetts has dissolved many but not all of its county governments. In Vermont , Massachusetts , and Maine county government consists only of

2420-580: The term as hien . When Taiwan became a Japanese colony in 1895, the hierarchy of divisions also incorporated into the Japanese system in the period when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. By September 1945, Taiwan was divided into 8 prefectures ( 州 and 廳 ), which remained after the Republic of China took over. There are 13 county seats in Taiwan, which function as county-administered cities , urban townships , or rural townships . In most of

2475-416: The towns involved, along with providing employment opportunities. There are 33 counties with multiple county seats in 11 states: Alaska is divided into boroughs rather than counties; the county seat in these case is referred to as the "borough seat"; this includes six consolidated city-borough governments (one of which is styled as a "municipality"). The Unorganized Borough, Alaska , which covers 49% of

2530-544: The use of county seats in particular, will fully transition with the permission of the United States Census Bureau to a system of councils of government for the purposes of boundary definition and as county equivalents. Two counties in South Dakota , Oglala Lakota and Todd , have their county seat and government services centered in a neighboring county. Their county-level services are provided by Fall River County and Tripp County , respectively. In Virginia ,

2585-539: The war ended, Ruben Marsh got married and moved to what is now known as DeLand. He bought a settlers claim, where he built a cabin for his family and started raising livestock. Henry Addison DeLand , a baking soda magnate from Fairport, New York , visited there in 1876, and envisioned building a citrus , agricultural and tourism center. He sold his northern business and hired people to clear land, lay out streets, erect buildings and recruit settlers, most of whom came from upstate New York (though DeLand never lived in

2640-417: Was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.8 males. In 2000, the median income for a household in the city was $ 28,712, and the median income for a family was $ 35,329. Males had a median income of $ 26,389 versus $ 20,114 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 15,936. About 14.2% of families and 19.0% of the population were below

2695-475: Was an independent city from 1968 to 2013, while also being the county seat of Bedford County . Bedford reverted to an incorporated town, and remains the county seat, though is now part of the county. The state with the most counties is Texas, with 254, and the state with the fewest counties is Delaware, with 3. Americans United for Separation of Church and State Americans United for Separation of Church and State ( Americans United or AU for short)

2750-584: Was filmed in part at Stetson University and the Holiday House. The HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon filmed several scenes on the campus of Stetson University. The 1999 independent film The First of May , starring Mickey Rooney and Joe DiMaggio , was shot on various locations throughout DeLand. Days of Thunder , starring Tom Cruise , was partially filmed in DeLand. New Urban Cowboy: Toward

2805-430: Was founded on January 11, 1948, as Protestants and Other Americans United for Separation of Church and State (POAU) by a coalition of religious, educational and civic leaders. It was made in response to proposals pending in the U.S. Congress to extend government aid to private religious schools , particularly Catholic parochial schools , which was at the time, and continues to be, the largest system of private schools in

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2860-409: Was officially incorporated as the " City of DeLand " in 1882, and became the county seat of Volusia County in 1887. It was the first city in Florida to have electricity . According to city officials, minutes of the first City Commission meeting in 1882 show the city decided to create a seal with the emblems of "Faith, Hope and Charity," namely a cross, an anchor and a heart. The city seal was briefly

2915-549: Was one of three national organizations that opposed the teaching of intelligent design in Dover, Pennsylvania , public schools. A federal judge struck down the policy in December 2005 (see Kitzmiller v. Dover ). AU supports the right for gays and lesbians to marry, and opposes laws that would permit government officials, such as county clerks, from invoking religious freedom when refusing to issue such marriage licenses. AU started

2970-399: Was originally developed between 1900 and 1920. It fell into a long period of decline after World War II, and by the 1980s, had become blighted . In 2001, Michael E. Arth  [ de ; es ; fr ; ja ; zh ] , a California artist, urban designer and filmmaker, bought 27 dilapidated structures, renamed the area the Garden District, and lobbied to create a new historic district. During

3025-496: Was previously known as " Persimmon Hollow " for the wild persimmon trees that grow around the natural springs , and the area was originally accessible only by steamboat up the St. Johns River . The first settler in the area was probably Ruben Marsh. He first came to Florida during the Seminole Indian War in 1841, during a scouting party that stopped at a lake area within the modern city limits, and in 1846, when

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