Vineland, Florida
Vineland is mainly residential, with a mosque Jama Masjid of Orlando, a synagogue, Southwest Orlando Jewish and four shopping center areas with 15 plus restaurants and several hotels and time share resorts, and the eastern entrance to Walt Disney World on Hotel Plaza Blvd. being other land uses. There are about 50 houses in the neighborhood, apartment complex, Mobile Home park (55 yr,+). It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The area was given the name Orange Center when it was platted in 1911. Previously it had the name Englewood, probably given to it by the Florida Midland Railroad. The name was changed to Vineland in 1924, supposedly due to confusion with Orange City, Florida. A Post Office opened at Orange Center in 1912, and was renamed Vineland in 1918. The Vineland Post Office closed in 1940.
In the 2000s and 2010s, many of the remnants of the Abandoned Town, including houses, buildings, and roads began being demolished and replaced with Hotels, Shopping Plazas, and other Businesses.
As of 2022, a few houses remain, some being abandoned, along with a small Confederate Cemetery, the original Schoolhouse (Now part of a Montessori School), and fragments of the original roads.
References
- ^ "United States Postal Service Postmaster Finder". United States Postal Service. 2017. Retrieved November 30, 2017.