Ormond Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, United States. The population was 36,301 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 37,929.^* Ormond Beach is home to Tomoka State Park.

History

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Ormond Beach fell within the domain of the Timucuan Indians, although war and disease would decimate the tribe. Their local fortified village was called "Nocoroco," believed to have been located at the present-day site of Tomoka State Park. 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 worked for the Scottish Indian trade company of Panton, Leslie & Company, and his armed brig was called the Somerset. In 1821, Florida was acquired by the United States from Spain. Following the Second Seminole War, which lasted from 1835 until 1842, Ormond Beach began to become a permanent settlement.

After the Civil War, Florida experienced a boom in tourism. With its hard, white beach, Ormond became popular. In 1875, the city was founded as "New Britain" by settlers from New Britain, Connecticut. It would be incorporated in 1880 as "Ormond," the year The Hotel Ormond was built. The St. Johns & Halifax Railroad arrived in 1886, and the first bridge across the Halifax River was created in 1887. Henry Flagler bought and expanded The Hotel Ormond in 1889 to accommodate 600 guests. It would be one in a series of hotels for northern tourists traveling his Florida East Coast Railway, which had extended service to Ormond that year by purchasing the St. Johns & Halifax Railroad. Once a well-known landmark, the hotel was razed in 1992.

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