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Minorville

Ghost town · Orange County, Florida

Winter Garden quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1956, 1:24,000)
Winter Garden quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1956, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Minorville is a ghost town in Orange County, Florida. It is one of 6 former communities in Orange County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 7th among the 52 Florida counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Minorville as a historical populated place on the Winter Garden topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 28.5522° N, 81.5376° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleWinter Garden
Elevation124 ft
Nearest living townOcoee, FL
Distance to it1.9 miles
GNIS feature ID299960
Coordinates28.55222, -81.53757

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What's there now

Minorville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Ocoee, FL (population 47,885), about 1.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 124 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Minorville?

Minorville is in Orange County, Florida, at 28.5522, -81.5376.

How many ghost towns are in Orange County?

Orange County, Florida has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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