Port Orange

Few cities in Florida have a history as closely tied to a post-Civil War settlement for formerly enslaved people as Port Orange. Founded in 1867 by physician John Milton Hawks, the community developed on the western bank of the Halifax River, part of the Indian River Lagoon system, with the Atlantic coast beyond the barrier island. Dunlawton Sugar Mill Gardens preserve stone ruins from a 19th-century plantation, connecting the city with the area’s earlier agricultural era. Today, Port Orange is a residential coastal community in Volusia County, near Daytona Beach yet defined by its own riverfront setting. Browse other webcams across Volusia County to place Port Orange in a wider geographic context.

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