THE ORANGE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Florida Flatwoods setting.
Orange County has 903.1 square miles of land in Florida. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Orange County: Eastern Florida Flatwoods, Central Florida Ridges and Uplands.
Low plains mingle with barrier islands, lagoons, marshes and inland lake districts. Coastal and inland settings vary substantially within this warm southeastern landscape.
Regional context: Southern Coastal Plain ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Orange County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Eastern Florida Flatwoods56.2%
- Central Florida Ridges and Uplands43.8%
Finding your parcel within Orange County
The atlas lists 52 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Orange County, including Orlando, Four Corners, Christmas. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Orange County by land and water
The Census records 100.4 square miles of water within Orange County, or 10% of its total area. That share is close to Orange County’s 10%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Orange County has 273.7 times the land area of nearby Conway CDP (3.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Brevard County, Lake County, Osceola County, Polk County, Seminole County, Volusia County within Florida. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.