Altamonte Springs, Florida
Altamonte Springs | |
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St. Mary Magdalene's Church Skyline of Altamonte Springs viewed from Interstate 4, with the unfinished Majesty Building in the background. | |
Location of Altamonte Springs in Seminole County, Florida. | |
| Coordinates: 28°39′41″N 81°23′43″W / 28.66139°N 81.39528°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| County | Seminole |
| Settled | c. 1870 |
| Incorporated | November 11, 1920 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Commission–Manager |
| • Mayor | Pat Bates |
| • Vice Mayor | Sarah Reece |
| • Commissioners | Jim Turney, Mike Brunscheen, and Bob O'Malley |
| • City Manager | Franklin W. Martz, II |
| • City Clerk | Angie Apperson |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.70 sq mi (25.13 km2) |
| • Land | 9.10 sq mi (23.57 km2) |
| • Water | 0.60 sq mi (1.56 km2) |
| Elevation | 79 ft (24 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 46,231 |
| • Density | 5,080.89/sq mi (1,961.72/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 32701, 32707, 32714, 32730, 32751 |
| Area codes | 407 and 689 |
| FIPS code | 12-00950 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2403089 |
| Website | www.altamonte.org |
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Altamonte Springs is a suburban city in Central Florida in Seminole County, Florida, United States, which had a population of 46,231 at the 2020 United States census. The city is in the northern suburbs of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area, which the United States Census Bureau estimated had a population of 2,673,376 in 2020.
Dr. Washington Kilmer of Cincinnati was the first person of European background to settle into the area circa 1870, and he named the area Altamonte. In 1882, the Altamonte Land, Hotel and Navigation Company, founded by Thomas C. Simpson and four other Massachusetts businessmen, gave the area its present name: Altamonte Springs. The company developed the core community along Altamonte Avenue (today's SR 436) between Maitland and Longwood Avenues (today's Ronald Reagan Boulevard). On November 11, 1920, the residents of Altamonte Springs voted 38 to 7 in favor of incorporation.