Kalamazoo is an unincorporated community located in southwest Volusia County, Florida. As of 2011, Kalamazoo is private property.
Kalamazoo | |
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 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°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Florida |
| County | Volusia |
| Elevation | 20 ft (6 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| enter ZIP code | 32764 |
| Area code | 386 |
| GNIS feature ID | 294821[1] |
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]