Kalamazoo, Florida

Kalamazoo
Unincorporated community
Kalamazoo - The geographic center is on private property near the tree in center frame
Kalamazoo
Coordinates: 28°50′46″N 081°06′36″W / 28.84611°N 81.11000°WCoordinates: 28°50′46″N 081°06′36″W / 28.84611°N 81.11000°W
Country	United States
State	Florida
County	Volusia
Elevation	20 ft (6 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
enter ZIP code	32764
Area code(s)	386
GNIS feature ID	294821[1]

Kalamazoo is an unincorporated community located in southwest Volusia County, Florida. As of 2011, Kalamazoo is private property.

History

According to longtime area residents, Kalamazoo was named for the many people who moved there from Michigan.^[2]

The name may also allude to celery farming in Kalamazoo, Michigan, for which that city was noted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.^[3] In 1908, a company was capitalized with $25,000 to develop a celery farm on 10,000 acres in Kalamazoo, Florida, following on the success of celery farming in nearby Sanford. Its president was C. F. Walker of Savannah, Georgia.^[4]

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
2. Williamson, Ronald (11 May 2008). "Echoes of the Past - A lonely highway Offers Few Clues to Communities' Former Importance". Daytona Beach News-Journal.
3. Peppel, Fred (Feb 2005). "Stalking the Celery City". Kalamazoo Public Library. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
4. "New Celery Growing Colony Established". The Florida East Coast Homeseeker 10: 87. January 1908.