Welcome to Orange Home ...

Orange Home is located in Sumter County<1>.

The location of Orange Home has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Orange Home, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1884.

Orange Home is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Orange Home lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for Orange Home: (352)

Communities near Orange Home ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Orange Home.

• Leesburg
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
  • Leesburg is located in Lake County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,060 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leesburg <4>
• Eustis
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eustis
  • Eustis is located in Lake County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,328 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eustis <4>
• Tavares
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tavares
  • Tavares is located in Lake County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,832 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tavares <4>
• Lady Lake
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lady Lake
  • Lady Lake is located in Lake County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,179 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lady Lake <4>
• Fruitland Park
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland Park
  • Fruitland Park is located in Lake County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,011 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fruitland Park <4>
• Inverness
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
  • Inverness is located in Citrus County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,674 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inverness <4>
• Wildwood
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
  • Wildwood is located in Sumter County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,659 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wildwood <4>
• Mascotte
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascotte
  • Mascotte is located in Lake County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,826 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mascotte <4>
• Belleview
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
  • Belleview is located in Marion County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,208 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belleview <4>
• Bushnell
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
  • Bushnell is located in Sumter County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,229 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bushnell <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Orange Home. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Orange Home.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Orange Home. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Orange Home.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Orange Home. See our Newspapers Page for Orange Home.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Orange Home ...

Looking for more information about Orange Home? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Orange Home, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Orange Home.

Adding Orange Home to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Orange Home in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Orange Home was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Orange Home post office opened in 1884.

We also found Orange Home in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Orange Home.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Orange Home. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Sumter County: www.bocc.co.sumter.fl.us/

The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/