Kalamazoo, Florida
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Kalamazoo is an unincorporated community located in southwest Volusia County
Volusia County, Florida
Volusia County is a county located in the state of Florida. The U.S. Census Bureau 2010 official county's population was 494,593 . Its county seat is DeLand, and its most populous city is currently Deltona....

, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

. As of 2011, Kalamazoo is private property.

History

According to longtime area residents, Kalamazoo was named for the many people who moved there from Michigan.

In 1908, a company was capitalized with $25,000 to develop a celery farm on 10,000 acres in Kalamazoo, following on the success of celery farming in nearby Sanford. Its president was C. F. Walker of Savannah, Georgia.
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