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Eldora is an uninhabited place in Volusia County
Volusia County, Florida

Volusia County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. The United States Census Bureau 2005 estimate for the county was 496,575 . Although Daytona Beach, Florida is Volusia County's best-known city, its county seat is DeLand, Florida, and its most populous city is currently Deltona, Florida....
, Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. It is located within Canaveral National Seashore
Canaveral National Seashore

The Canaveral National Seashore is a National Seashore located between New Smyrna Beach, Florida and Titusville, Florida, in Volusia County, Florida and Brevard County, Florida, United States....
, south
South

South is one of the cardinal directions and is opposite to the north.By Western world Norm , the bottom side of a map is south; the southern direction has azimuth or bearing of 180?....
 of Bethune Beach
Bethune Beach, Florida

Bethune Beach is a unincorporated community in Volusia County, Florida, Florida, United States.Bethune Beach is located just to the south of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, and its southern border is the northern end of the Canaveral National Seashore....
, west
West

West is most commonly a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating Direction or geography.West is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points....
 of Volusia County Road A1A. The average elevation
Elevation

The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, often the above mean sea level. Elevation, or geometric height, is mainly used when referring to points on the Earth's surface, while altitude or geopotential height is used for points above the surface, such as an aircraft in flight or a s...
 is 3 feet above sea level
Sea level

Mean sea level is the average height of the sea, with reference to a suitable reference surface. Defining the reference level , however, involves complex measurement, and accurately determining MSL can prove difficult....
.

ra was a prominent community of orange
Orange (fruit)

An orange?specifically, the sweet orange?is the citrus Citrus sinensis and its fruit. The orange is a Hybrid of ancient cultivated origin, possibly between pomelo and tangerine ....
 groves in the latter part of the 19th century. After a freeze
Freezing

In physical science, freezing or solidification is the process in which a liquid turns into a solid when cold enough. The Melting point is the temperature at which this happens....
 destroyed most of its crops, it was nearly completely abandoned and has never regained its population
Population

File:Population density.pngIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings....
.

After the death of its last resident, Doris "Doc" Leeper, a locally famous artist and conservationist in the 1980's, the management of the town
Town

A town is a type of human settlement ranging from a few to several thousand inhabitants, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas; the precise meaning varies between countries and is not always a matter of legal definition....
 was officially turned over to the federal government, and the town is now located more than two miles within the borders of the Canaveral National Seashore.






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Eldora is an uninhabited place in Volusia County
Volusia County, Florida

Volusia County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. The United States Census Bureau 2005 estimate for the county was 496,575 . Although Daytona Beach, Florida is Volusia County's best-known city, its county seat is DeLand, Florida, and its most populous city is currently Deltona, Florida....
, Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. It is located within Canaveral National Seashore
Canaveral National Seashore

The Canaveral National Seashore is a National Seashore located between New Smyrna Beach, Florida and Titusville, Florida, in Volusia County, Florida and Brevard County, Florida, United States....
, south
South

South is one of the cardinal directions and is opposite to the north.By Western world Norm , the bottom side of a map is south; the southern direction has azimuth or bearing of 180?....
 of Bethune Beach
Bethune Beach, Florida

Bethune Beach is a unincorporated community in Volusia County, Florida, Florida, United States.Bethune Beach is located just to the south of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, and its southern border is the northern end of the Canaveral National Seashore....
, west
West

West is most commonly a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating Direction or geography.West is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points....
 of Volusia County Road A1A. The average elevation
Elevation

The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, often the above mean sea level. Elevation, or geometric height, is mainly used when referring to points on the Earth's surface, while altitude or geopotential height is used for points above the surface, such as an aircraft in flight or a s...
 is 3 feet above sea level
Sea level

Mean sea level is the average height of the sea, with reference to a suitable reference surface. Defining the reference level , however, involves complex measurement, and accurately determining MSL can prove difficult....
.

History

Eldora was a prominent community of orange
Orange (fruit)

An orange?specifically, the sweet orange?is the citrus Citrus sinensis and its fruit. The orange is a Hybrid of ancient cultivated origin, possibly between pomelo and tangerine ....
 groves in the latter part of the 19th century. After a freeze
Freezing

In physical science, freezing or solidification is the process in which a liquid turns into a solid when cold enough. The Melting point is the temperature at which this happens....
 destroyed most of its crops, it was nearly completely abandoned and has never regained its population
Population

File:Population density.pngIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings....
.

After the death of its last resident, Doris "Doc" Leeper, a locally famous artist and conservationist in the 1980's, the management of the town
Town

A town is a type of human settlement ranging from a few to several thousand inhabitants, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas; the precise meaning varies between countries and is not always a matter of legal definition....
 was officially turned over to the federal government, and the town is now located more than two miles within the borders of the Canaveral National Seashore. The town claims no permanent residents, and visitation is limited and subject to park
Park

A park is a Environmental protection, in its natural or semi-natural state or planted, and set aside for human recreation and enjoyment....
 hours. Only two of its original buildings remain. The largest, "The Eldora House", now holds a museum
Museum

A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the tangible and intangible heritage of humanity and its environment, for the purposes of education, study, and entertainment", as defined by the International Coun...
. Although the town's orange groves were nearly completely wiped out over one hundred years ago, some trees still remain.

The town is also the site of two marine research facilities jointly shared by Daytona Beach College, and the University of Central Florida
University of Central Florida

The University of Central Florida is a space grant colleges university located in Orlando, Florida, Florida. UCF is the second largest overall in the state of Florida, and the List of largest US universities by enrollment in the nation....
.

Geography

Eldora is located at . The town's location is remote by even today's standards, and is only accessible by one service road, which is Volusia County Road A1A. It is nearly a thirty minute drive to the mainland
Mainland

Mainland is usually the continental part of a region, as opposed to the islands nearby. Sometimes the residents are called "the Mainlanders". As a result of the usually larger area of mainland, there are significantly more mainlanders than islanders, and mainlander culture and politics sometimes threaten to dominate those of the islands....
 through New Smyrna Beach.

See also

  • Volusia County Road A1A