City of Ormond Beach

City of Ormond Beach

Government Administration

Ormond Beach, Florida 1,417 followers

OrmondBeach.org | 386-677-0311

About us

Ormond Beach was once within the domain of the Timucuan Indians. Their local fortified village was called Nocoroco, believed to have been located at the site of Tomoka State Park. But war and disease would decimate the tribe. The city is named for James Ormond I, an Anglo-Irish-Scotch sea captain commissioned by King Ferdinand VII of Spain to bring Franciscan settlers to this part of Florida. Ormond had served Britain and Spain in the Napoleonic Wars as a ship captain, and was rewarded for his services to Spain by King Ferdinand VII. Ormond later worked for the Scottish Indian trade company of Panton, Leslie & Company, and his armed brig was called the Somerset. In 1821, Florida was acquired from Spain by the United States, but hostilities during the Second Seminole War delayed settlement until after 1842. In 1875, the city was founded as New Britain by inhabitants from New Britain, Connecticut, but would be incorporated in 1880 as Ormond for its early plantation owner.

Industry
Government Administration
Company size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
Ormond Beach, Florida
Type
Government Agency
Founded
1880
Specialties
Municipal Government, Police and Fire Services, Leisure Services, and Public Works

Locations

Employees at City of Ormond Beach

Updates

Similar pages

Browse jobs