Orange Park, Florida
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Orange Park is a town in Clay County, Florida, United States. It is a suburb of Jacksonville, in neighboring Duval County. The population was 9,089 at the 2020 census. The name "Orange Park" is additionally applied to a wider area of northern Clay County outside the town limits, covering such communities as Lakeside, Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace and Oakleaf Plantation.
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Town of Orange Park | |
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Orange Park, Florida | |
Coordinates: 30°10′7″N 81°42′31″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Florida |
County | Clay |
Incorporated | 1877 |
Government | |
• Type | Council-Manager |
• Mayor | Randy Anderson |
• Vice Mayor | Susana Thompson |
• Town Council | Daniel Cobreiro, Winnette Sandlin, and Doug Benefield |
• Town Manager | Sarah Campbell |
• Town Clerk | Courtney Russo |
Area | |
• Total | 5.32 sq mi (13.78 km2) |
• Land | 3.64 sq mi (9.42 km2) |
• Water | 1.68 sq mi (4.36 km2) |
Elevation | 13 ft (4 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 9,089 |
• Density | 2,498.35/sq mi (964.51/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 32000-32099 |
Area code(s) | 904, 324 |
FIPS code | 12-52125[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 0288219[3] |
Website | www |
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The town's name reflects the hope of its founders for a fruit-growing industry, but their crops were destroyed in the Great Freeze of 1894–1895. Despite recovery elsewhere, the crops never came back to Orange Park.