Welcome to Lake Helen ...

The city of Lake Helen is located in Volusia County<1>.

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

A typical abbreviation for Lake Helen: Lk. Helen

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Lake Helen has a population of 2,819 people<2> (see below for details).

Lake Helen is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Code for Lake Helen: 386

The ZIP code for Lake Helen: 32744<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Lake Helen had an population of 2,819 people. This is an increase of 7.43% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 2.77% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Lake Helen had a population of 2,624 people. This makes Lake Helen the county's 14th most populous community.

The population of Lake Helen represents 0.01% of the population of Florida (which has 18,801,310 people), making it the state's 261st most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 2,624 people, the population of Lake Helen decreased 4.34% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 2,743 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Lake Helen.

Communities Also Named Lake Helen ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Lake Helen - it's located in Ontario.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lake Helen.

Communities near Lake Helen ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lake Helen.

• Deltona
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deltona
  • Deltona is located in Volusia County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,312 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deltona <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Deltona
  • From Lake Helen to Deltona
• Port Orange
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Orange
  • Port Orange is located in Volusia County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 65,425 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Orange <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Port Orange
  • From Lake Helen to Port Orange
• Sanford
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
  • Sanford is located in Seminole County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 61,508 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sanford <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Sanford
  • From Lake Helen to Sanford
• De Land
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Land
  • De Land is located in Volusia County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,019 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for De Land <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to De Land
  • From Lake Helen to De Land
• New Smyrna Beach
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Smyrna Beach
  • New Smyrna Beach is located in Volusia County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,723 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Smyrna Beach <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to New Smyrna Beach
  • From Lake Helen to New Smyrna Beach
• De Bary
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Bary
  • De Bary is located in Volusia County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,572 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for De Bary <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to De Bary
  • From Lake Helen to De Bary
• Lake Mary
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mary
  • Lake Mary is located in Seminole County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,486 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Mary <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Lake Mary
  • From Lake Helen to Lake Mary
• South Daytona
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Daytona
  • South Daytona is located in Volusia County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,639 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Daytona <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to South Daytona
  • From Lake Helen to South Daytona
• Orange City
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange City
  • Orange City is located in Volusia County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,660 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orange City <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Orange City
  • From Lake Helen to Orange City
• Ponce Inlet
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponce Inlet
  • Ponce Inlet is located in Volusia County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,335 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ponce Inlet <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Ponce Inlet
  • From Lake Helen to Ponce Inlet

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 Lake Helen. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lake Helen.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lake Helen. 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 Lake Helen.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lake Helen ...

Looking for more information about Lake Helen? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Lake Helen, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Lake Helen.

Adding Lake Helen to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lake Helen 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 Lake Helen was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Lake Helen post office opened in 1884.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lake Helen.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Volusia County: www.volusia.org/

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