Windermere, Florida

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Windermere, Florida
Town of Windermere
Windermere Town Hall02.jpg
Windermere Town Hall
Conroy welcome to Windermere.jpg
WindermereCoatofArms.png
Motto: 
"Among The Lakes" [1]
Orange County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Windermere Highlighted.svg
Location in Orange County and the state of Florida
Coordinates: 28°29′48″N81°32′2″W / 28.49667°N 81.53389°W / 28.49667; -81.53389
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Florida.svg  Florida
County   Orange
Settled 1889
Incorporated (town) February 2, 1925
Government
  Type Council-Manager
   Mayor James "Jim" O’Brien
   Mayor Pro Tem Loren “Andy” Williams
   Council Members Mandy David, Tony Davit,
Tom Stroup, and
Brandi Haines
   Town Manager Robert Smith
   Town Clerk Dorothy Burkhalter
Area
[2]
  Total2.69 sq mi (6.96 km2)
  Land1.93 sq mi (5.01 km2)
  Water0.75 sq mi (1.95 km2)
Elevation
121 ft (37 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total3,030
  Density1,567.51/sq mi (605.16/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
34786
Area code(s) 407, 689
FIPS code 12-78050 [3]
GNIS feature ID0293401 [4]
Website www.town.windermere.fl.us

Windermere is a town in Orange County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 3,030. It is part of the Orlando Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Contents

History

A post office opened in Windermere in 1888. [5] The post office closed in 1901, and reopened in 1911. Windermere was established as a residential development in 1889 and chartered in 1925.[ citation needed ]

During late 2007, the town of Windermere filed a proposal to annex Isleworth and Butler Bay, both wealthy subdivisions. This was met with extensive debate from town residents and an objection from Orange County, which stood to lose millions of dollars of property tax revenue. After lengthy discussions, and battles with the county, Isleworth remained unincorporated, but Butler Bay was annexed into Windermere, with over 90% of its residents approving annexation via a mail-in ballot.

Geography

The exact coordinates for the Town of Windermere is located at 28°29′48″N81°32′2″W / 28.49667°N 81.53389°W / 28.49667; -81.53389 .

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.57 square miles (4.07 km2), of which 1.56 square miles (4.03 km2) is land and 0.015 square miles (0.04 km2), or 0.98%, is water. [6]

Climate

The Town of Windermere is part of the humid subtropical climate zone with a Köppen Climate Classification of "Cfa" (C = mild temperate, f = fully humid, and a = hot summer).

The record high temperature in Windermere is 101 °F, which took place in 1998, and the record low temperature is 19 °F, which took place in 1985. [7]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1930 181
1940 163−9.9%
1950 31794.5%
1960 57681.7%
1970 89455.2%
1980 1,30245.6%
1990 1,3715.3%
2000 1,89738.4%
2010 2,46229.8%
2020 3,03023.1%
U.S. Decennial Census [8]

2010 and 2020 census

Windermere racial composition
(Hispanics excluded from racial categories)
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
RacePop 2010 [9] Pop 2020 [10] % 2010% 2020
White (NH)2,2042,37689.52%78.42%
Black or African American (NH)35601.42%1.98%
Native American or Alaska Native (NH)030.00%0.10%
Asian (NH)731272.97%4.19%
Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian (NH)020.00%0.07%
Some other race (NH)2250.08%0.83%
Two or more races/Multiracial (NH)231650.93%5.45%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)1252725.08%8.98%
Total2,4623,030

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,030 people, 1,426 households, and 1,047 families residing in the town. [11]

The types of households in the town, in 2015–2019, were 75.6% married couples with families, 2.2% cohabiting couples, 12% male householders with no spouse, and 10.2% female householders with no spouse. [12]

As of the 2010 United States census, there were 2,462 people, 875 households, and 770 families residing in the town. [13]

2000 census

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,897 people, 704 households, and 561 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,688.2 inhabitants per square mile (651.8/km2). There were 723 housing units at an average density of 643.4 per square mile (248.4/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 95.68% White, 1.27% African American, 0.05% Native American, 2.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.32% from other races, and 0.69% from two or more races. 3.53% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

In 2000, there were 704 households, out of which 36.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.3% were married couples living together, 6.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.2% were non-families. 17.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.05.

In 2000, in the town, 27.5% of the population was under the age of 18, 5.1% was from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 30.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% was 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.3 males.

In 2000, the median income for a household in the town was $88,809, and the median income for a family was $105,737. Males had a median income of $80,693 versus $37,321 for females. The per capita income for the town was $51,370. 3.1% of the population and 2.4% of families were below the poverty line. 3.0% of those under the age of 18 and 9.1% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

Government

These signs appear on light poles at borders of the business district at the center of downtown. Windermere Business District.jpg
These signs appear on light poles at borders of the business district at the center of downtown.

Windermere has a Town Manager / City Council form of government. Five council members are elected at large for two-year terms with three running for election in odd years and two running for election in even years along with the mayor.

Police services are provided by the Windermere Police Department. [14] In January 2014, the department's former chief, Daniel Saylor, was sentenced to eight years in prison for perjury. He had lied to the court in order to protect a friend who was found guilty of raping children and sentenced to life in prison. Saylor had pleaded guilty to other charges in 2011, earning him a year in jail. [15]

Fire rescue and emergency medical services [16] are provided by the Ocoee Fire Department. Postal services are provided by the Windermere Post Office. [17] The Floridan Aquifer is Windermere and Orange County's source of drinking and fire hydrant water, which is filtered naturally through hundreds of feet of sand and rock, and then treated by the Orange County Water Division. [18]

Education

The community is within Orange County Public Schools (OCPS). [19] Residents of the city itself are served by Windermere Elementary School, [20] Gotha Middle School, [21] and Olympia High School. [22]

Windermere Preparatory School, a private, coeducational PK–12 college preparatory school, is in nearby Lake Butler. [23]

The town of Windermere is not within the attendance boundaries of Windermere High School, a Lake Butler high school which opened in 2017. [19] [24] The Windermere town council opposed the naming on the grounds that area residents may mistakenly confuse the school with Windermere Preparatory. Some OCPS board members also argued the school should not be named for a community it will not be located in; they stated that not very many students from the town of Windermere will go to Windermere High. [25]

Transportation

Signs on Apopka-Vineland Road, 1.5 mi (2.4 km) east of downtown, warn heavy vehicles to stay out of Windermere. A-V north at Conroy.jpg
Signs on Apopka-Vineland Road, 1.5 mi (2.4 km) east of downtown, warn heavy vehicles to stay out of Windermere.

Windermere is located on an isthmus between several lakes in the Lake Butler chain. As such, it is on the shortest road route between the east and west sides of the chain. In fact, the next crossing to the south is 7.5 mi (12.1 km) distant at Lake Buena Vista, where County Road 535 (CR 535) and Apopka-Vineland Road meet. The next crossing to the north is at Gotha, the north end of the chain of lakes, 2.25 mi (3.62 km) away. 2003 Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT), much of which is commuters passing through, is 17,197 vehicles per day for Sixth Avenue (the east entrance), 18,362 on Main Street north of Sixth Avenue, and 9,484 on Main Street south of Sixth Avenue.[ needs update ]

Windermere regulates traffic and encourages traffic to use alternate routes.[ citation needed ] In 2004, two roundabouts were installed downtown with the largest public works project in the town's history. This has greatly improved traffic flow and relieved cut through traffic. A third roundabout was completed in August 2010 at the intersection of Park Avenue and Maguire Road. This is at the Windermere Elementary School intersection. All roads in the downtown area (laid out in a grid) are dirt roads except for a few through roads:

Until the 1980s, Main Street north of Sixth Avenue and Sixth Avenue east of Main Street were maintained by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) as part of State Road 439. This was given to Orange County as County Road 439 (CR 439), and Orange County eventually removed all signs and gave the part inside Windermere to the town. Signs put up by FDOT still mark the north end of CR 439 at SR 50, but no other signs exist, in part because Orange County has a general policy of not signing county roads.

The Florida Midland Railroad, part of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, used to run just west of Main Street; there is now a large grassy area between Main Street and the dirt road (often called Dirt Main Street) that ran just west of the railroad. Windermere had a station on the railroad.

Notable people

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