Mount Dora, Florida - Area Information & Foreclosure Listings
 If you are looking for a quaint lakefront town in Central Florida packed with festivals and antique shops, look no further than Mount Dora.
There are about 9,400 residents in Mount Dora. Located approximately 25 miles northwest of Orlando, in Lake County, the City retains the flavor of a small town with hilly terrain, several lakes, large canopy oak trees and historic buildings.
Mount Dora was recently recognized by the readers of Florida Living Magazine as Florida’s friendliest small town and as having the best antique shopping area in the state. The city has a viable downtown with a variety of antique and specialty shops and restaurants.
There is limited light industrial business. One of the goals for the newly-approved Economic Development Coordinator will be to find ways to attract clean, light industry to the city.
The cultural calendar knows no season. Throughout the year, Mount Dora enjoys plays at the Ice House Theatre, concerts and recitals by international artists at the Mount Dora Festival of Music & Literature, gallery openings, and on-going exhibitions at the Mount Dora Center for the Arts. Directly behind the Center for the Arts is the Royellou Museum at the Old City Jail, providing a glimpse of Mount Dora life from the past to the present.
Currently, Mount Dora is working on a combination of beautification and the use of real estate in the city’s downtown area. The project includes the transformation of alleyways into a streetscape complete with designer bricks and antique streetlights.
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History
The City was established in 1880, and first named Royellou after one of the city’s pioneers, a local resident who provided camping hospitality to federal surveyors in 1883. The town was later renamed after the lake. The “mount” refers to the fact that the city sits on a plateau of real estate 266 feet above sea level. Incorporated as a town on March 25, 1910 with 370 residents, it was later incorporated as a city on April 23, 1953.
Parks
- Gilbert Park has a boat dock and ramp, an All Children's Playground, & large picnic pavilion.
- Donnelly Park has an entertainment platform for occasional free concerts, shuffleboard courts & clubhouse
- Palm Island Park has the longest boardwalk on a lake in Florida.
- Evans Park has a gazebo, picnicking and fishing. Lawn Bowling clubhouse and rinks adjoin it.
Statistics
- Population (year 2000): 9,418
- Elevation: 175 feet
- Median house value: $110,700 (year 2000)
Hospitals
- LIFESTREAM BEHAVIORAL CENTER (about 1 mile; LEESBURG, FL)
- FLORIDA HOSPITAL/WATERMAN (about 4 miles; EUSTIS, FL)
- THE SUMMIT (about 11 miles; APOPKA, FL)
Airports
- ORLANDO SANFORD (about 29 miles; ORLANDO, FL; ID: SFB)
- ORLANDO INTL (about 36 miles; ORLANDO, FL; ID: MCO)
- OCALA INTL-JIM TAYLOR FIELD (about 47 miles; OCALA, FL; ID: OCF)
- MID FLORIDA AIR SERVICE (about 3 miles; EUSTIS, FL; ID: X55)
- BOB WHITE FIELD (about 6 miles; ZELLWOOD, FL; ID: X61)
- UMATILLA MUNI (about 8 miles; UMATILLA, FL; ID: X23)
Education
Universities
- UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX-ORLANDO CAMPUS (about 24 miles; MAITLAND, FL)
- ROLLINS COLLEGE (about 25 miles; WINTER PARK, FL)
- SEMINOLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 26 miles; SANFORD, FL)
- STETSON UNIVERSITY (about 27 miles; DELAND, FL; FT)
- VALENCIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 29 miles; ORLANDO, FL)
- UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA (about 32 miles; ORLANDO, FL)
- CENTRAL FLORIDA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 45 miles; OCALA, FL)
High Schools
- CHRISTIAN HOME - BIBLE SCHOOL (PO BOX 1017 13TH AVE MCDON ST; Grades: KG - 12)
- SOLID ROCK CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (PO BOX DRAWER 236; Grades: KG - 12)
Primary And Middle Schools:
- MONTESSORI N.E.S.T. & CHILDREN (500 S. CLAYTON ST.; Grades: PK - 6)
- CARLTON PALMS EDUCATIONAL CENT (28308 CHURCHILL SMITH LANE; Grades: UG - UG)
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