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Altamonte Springs Florida
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Altamonte Springs is a suburban city in Seminole County, Florida, United States, which had a population of 41,496 at the 2010 census. The city is in the northern suburbs of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area, which the United States Census Bureau estimated had a population of 2,054,574 in 2008.
Dr. Washington Kilmer of Cincinnati was the first person of European background to settle into the area circa 1870, and he named the area Altamont (minus the "e" from the present spelling) after Altamont, New York, an area near his childhood home. In 1882, the Altamonte Land, Hotel and Navigation Company, founded by Thomas C. Simpson and four other Massachusetts businessmen, gave the area its present name: Altamonte Springs. The company developed the core community along Altamonte Avenue (today's SR 436) between Maitland and Longwood Avenues (today's Ronald Reagan Boulevard). On November 11, 1920, the residents of Altamonte Springs voted 38 to 7 in favor of incorporation.

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Safe area, neighbors are friendly, and we are pretty close to everything but far away enough to feel privacy.

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I like the convenience of being in close proximity to a variety of locations I use frequently such as grocery, banks, shopping and restaurants all in a safe environment.

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Lovely community with great walking paths, foliage and friendly neighbors.

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Florida is a well known retirement state.

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Florida is the number one area that attracts retiree's.

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