Orange County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census,the county had a population of 1,429,908,making it the fifth-most populous county in Florida and the 28th-most populous county in the United States. Its county seat is Orlando,which,along with it being the county's largest city,is the core of the Orlando metropolitan area,which had a population of 2.67 million in 2020.
Osceola County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census,the population was 388,656. Its county seat is Kissimmee. Osceola County is included in the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford,Fla. Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Kissimmee is the largest city and county seat of Osceola County,Florida,United States. As of the 2020 census,the population was 79,226. It is a Principal City of the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford,Florida,Metropolitan Statistical Area,which had a 2020 population of 2,673,376. The Census Bureau defines an urban area with Kissimmee as the principal city,which is separated from the Orlando urban area. The Kissimmee–St. Cloud,FL urban area had a 2020 population of 418,404,making it the 100th largest in the United States.
Osceola,named Billy Powell at birth in Alabama,became an influential leader of the Seminole people in Florida. His mother was Muscogee,and his great-grandfather was a Scotsman,James McQueen. He was reared by his mother in the Creek (Muscogee) tradition. When he was a child,they migrated to Florida with other Red Stick refugees,led by a relative,Peter McQueen,after their group's defeat in 1814 in the Creek Wars. There they became part of what was known as the Seminole people.
Doak S. Campbell Stadium,popularly known as "Doak",is a football stadium on the campus of Florida State University in Tallahassee,Florida,United States. It is the home field of the Florida State Seminoles football team of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
Kristen Jaymes Stewart is an American actress. She has received various accolades,including a British Academy Film Award and a César Award,in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
Kristen Carroll Wiig is an American actress,comedian,screenwriter,and producer. First breaking through as a performer with the Los Angeles comedy troupe The Groundlings,Wiig achieved stardom in the late 2000s for her seven-season tenure on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (SNL) from 2005 to 2012.
John P. Quiñones IV is an American politician. He was the first Republican of Puerto Rican ancestry elected to the Florida House of Representatives,serving from 2002 to 2007,and is a former member of the Osceola County Commission.
The Forrester family is a family in the CBS Daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. The Forresters own and run the Los Angeles-based fashion house Forrester Creations.
Geraldine Fortenberry Thompson is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party,who currently serves as a member of the Florida State Senate from the 15th district.
The Seminole Tribe of Florida is a federally recognized Seminole tribe based in the U.S. state of Florida. Together with the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida,it is one of three federally recognized Seminole entities. It received that status in 1957. Today,it has six Indian reservations in Florida.
Michael Horner is an American Republican politician and a former member of the Florida House of Representatives.
Darren Michael Soto is an American attorney and Democratic politician from Kissimmee,Florida,who is the U.S. representative for Florida's 9th district.
Kristen Welker is an American television journalist working for NBC News. She serves as a White House correspondent based in Washington,D.C.,and served as co-anchor of Weekend Today,the Saturday edition of Today,alongside Peter Alexander from 2020 to 2023. She took over hosting duties for the longest-running program in television history,Meet the Press,on September 17,2023.
Orlando City B is an American soccer club that began play in 2016 and currently plays in MLS Next Pro. Owned by Orlando City SC and based at the Orlando City training facility in Kissimmee,the club plays its home games at Osceola County Stadium.
Fentrice DeNell Driskell is an American attorney and Democratic Party politician currently serving as minority leader and representing the 67th House district in Hillsborough County in the Florida House of Representatives. She is Of Counsel at the law firm of Carlton Fields.
Jenna Persons-Mulicka is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 78th district. She assumed office on November 3,2020.
Fred Hawkins is an American politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2020 until his resignation in 2023,representing parts of Central Florida around Osceola,Orange,and Polk Counties.
Ashley Ann Cariño Barreto is a Puerto Rican-American model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2022. Cariño was the second Afro-Puerto Rican to win the title. She represented Puerto Rico at Miss Universe 2022,placing at the Top 5. Previously,Cariño was crowned Miss Florida USA 2021 and placed as the second runner-up at Miss USA 2021.
Paula Allene Stark is an American politician and member of the Florida House of Representatives for the 47th district. She was first elected to office on November 8,2022.
