Casselberry is a city in Seminole County, Florida, United States. The population was 22,629 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S Census estimates of 2006, the city had a population of 24,647. It is usually considered a suburb in the Orlando, Florida-Kissimmee, Florida Greater Orlando.

Geography
Casselberry is located at (28.660275, -81.323264).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 18.4 km² (7.1 mi²). 17.2 km² (6.7 mi²) of it is land and 1.1 km² (0.4 mi²) of it (6.06%) is water.

Casselberry features over 30...

Casselberry is a city in Seminole County, Florida, United States. The population was 22,629 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S Census estimates of 2006, the city had a population of 24,647. It is usually considered a suburb in the Orlando, Florida-Kissimmee, Florida Greater Orlando.

Geography
Casselberry is located at (28.660275, -81.323264).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 18.4 km² (7.1 mi²). 17.2 km² (6.7 mi²) of it is land and 1.1 km² (0.4 mi²) of it (6.06%) is water.

Casselberry features over 30 lakes and ponds, the largest being Lake Howell, the Triplet Chain of Lakes, Lake Kathryn, and Lake Concord.

History

Prior to European ethnic groups settlement in the 1800Ts Native Americans in the United States groups inhabited the Seminole County area, including land in present-day Casselberry. A blockhouse known as Fort Concord was constructed on the shores of Lake Concord in 1849 to protect local settlers during conflicts between the Seminole Wars. After the Homestead Act was passed in 1862, settlers began homesteading the land around Lake Concord and the Triplet Chain of Lakes. Annie E. Griffin of Eastman, Georgia platted the areaTs first subdivision in 1889 after inheriting the land from her deceased husband. An African-American community cemetery, called Evergreen Cemetery, was established in 1903 under the care of a group of trustees from surrounding communities. In 1925, Gordon J. Barnett of New York came to Altamonte Springs, Florida and acquainted himself with all aspects of the local fern industry and soon opened his own fernery. Barnett then began a housing development west of Lake Concord called Fern Park Estates comprised of small lots that included a fernery for individual owners.