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DeBary is a city in
Volusia County,
Florida. The population was 15,559 at the 2000 census. As of 2006, the population recorded by the
U.S. Census Bureau is estimated at 16,427.
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) DeBary is a residential and retirement community.
History
The
Timucuan Indians once lived in the vicinity of
Lake Monroe, where the domain of Chief Utina extended to just north of Lake George. They hunted, fished and gathered plants and berries from the forest. By 1760, however, the Timucua had disappeared and been replaced by the
Seminole tribe from
Alabama and
Georgia. Florida was acquired from
Spain in 1821, but the
Seminole Wars would delay settlement. In 1866, Elijah Watson of
Enterprise sold land to Oliver and Amanda Arnett on the northern shore of the
St. Johns River at Lake Monroe, where they built a house.
The couple in turn sold 400 acres (1.6 km²) in 1871 to (Samuel) Frederick deBary, a wealthy wine merchant from
New York City, and that same year he erected a
hunting lodge. Called "DeBary Hall," the 8,000 square foot (700 m²), 20 room
Italianate mansion featured a two-tiered
veranda,
stables, an ice-house and the state's first
swimming pool, fed by a
spring. Visitors included President
Ulysses S. Grant and President
Grover Cleveland. Over time he acquired an additional 9,000 acres (36 km²), planting
orange groves and
pecan trees. There is some debate as to whether this was actually the first pool in Florida, as a St. Augustine pool has also made the same claim. One possibility is that this was the first Spring-fed pool in the state (See Orlando Sentinel article).
In 1875, deBary bought a small
steamboat, the
George M. Bird, to transport his horses and dogs along the St. Johns River for hunting expeditions, and also to take fruit to market. He established the
DeBary Merchants' Line in 1876, a steamship service contracted to carry mail between
Jacksonville and Enterprise. It would acquire the
sidewheeler Frederick DeBary. In 1883, the firm merged with the
Baya Line, owned by Colonel H.T. Baya, to create the
DeBary-Baya Merchants' Line, with 13 steamboats and a crew of 3,000 running to
Sanford. The
DeBary-Baya Merchants' Line sold its business in 1889 to the
Clyde Line, which survived until 1928.
Frederick deBary died in 1898, and his mansion is today a restored museum, listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The estate, reduced to 10 acres, now features the community's oldest building, the Arnett House. Incorporated in 1993, the City of DeBary is named for its noted settler.
Geography
DeBary is located at (28.884224, -81.310995).
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 55.5
km² (21.4
mi²). 47.2 km² (18.2 mi²) of it's land and 8.3 km² (3.2 mi²) of it (15.02%) is water. DeBary is situated on the St. Johns River near
Lake Monroe.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 15,559 people, 6,538 households, and 4,720 families residing in the city. The
population density was 329.7/km² (853.8/mi²). There were 7,001 housing units at an average density of 148.4/km² (384.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 94.94%
White, 1.90%
African American, 0.20%
Native American, 1.13%
Asian, 0.01%
Pacific Islander, 0.86% from
other races, and 0.96% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 4.15% of the population.
There were 6,538 households out of which 24.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.1% were
married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.8% were non-families. 22.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.76.
In the city the population was spread out with 20.0% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 27.2% from 45 to 64, and 23.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 92.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $43,364, and the median income for a family was $50,022. Males had a median income of $36,813 versus $25,920 for females. The
per capita income for the city was $23,283. About 5.2% of families and 6.9% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 8.6% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over.
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