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The City of Oviedo Selected as One of the Top 100 Places to Live in America 2009

Oviedo Florida is located in Seminole County just northeast of Orlando between Altamonte Springs and Titusville along Highway 426 near Lake Jesup. It’s roots go back to a tiny settlement on the south shore of Lake Jesup. Then known as Solary’s Wharf, it had two general stores and a post office in 1875. Today, Oviedo is host to the delectable “A Taste of Oviedo” annual outdoor festival. The event includes live entertainment, cuisine from local restaurants, children’s activities and much more. You are invited to join our merchants, business owners and professionals who are anxious to meet you and share with you that which has made Oviedo a special community for over 100 years.

History:
In the late 1860’s Confederate veterans and freed slaves from the war devastated South began to move into the settlement called “the Lake Jesup Community”, to be joined later by others from the Northern states and from Sweden. One of the Swedish immigrants, Andrew Aulin, appointed postmaster in 1879, named the new post office “Oviedo” after the city in northern Spain.

About 1870 Dr. Henry Foster from New York hired local men to plant citrus groves on the shores of Lake Charm and Lake Jesup. After the great freeze of 1895 farmers began to grow celery, first in Oviedo and later in the rich muck of Black Hammock on the south shore of Lake Jessup. The two crops, citrus and celery, became the mainstays of Oviedo agriculture for many years, with celery production reaching a peak in the 1940’s.

Oviedo can claim many contributions to Florida agriculture, among them introducing the Temple Orange into Florida about 1900, when Butler Boston, a local nurseryman, budded the Jamaican Orange in the groves of J. H. Lee and others.

Hunting and fishing in early Oviedo centered on “the creek” – Econlockhatchee – and “the river” – St. John’s. Transportation was by boat on the river, until the Plant System railroad (Atlantic Coast Line), now the Cross-Seminole Trail, reached here in 1886, and the FC&P (Florida, Central, and Peninsular), nicknamed the “Friends Come and Push” and later the “Dinky Line”, connected to Winter Park in 1894.

Oviedo was a community of 500 when Seminole County was carved out of Orange County in 1913, but had grown to 800 when it incorporated in 1925. Today Oviedo is home to thousands and a crossroads for the old and the new.

Formally incorporated as a City in 1925 with a population of 800, Oviedo has roots that date back to just after the Civil War in 1865 when homesteaders came to the area along the shores of Lake Jesup to begin new lives. Prior to the arrival of these adventurous souls, including former slaves, and immigrants from Europe, primarily Sweden, the area that is now Oviedo was populated by the Timucua, a clan of native Americans who were a part of the Seminole tribe. No evidence of the early Timucuan settlements remains today; their hunting grounds and villages disappeared just prior to the establishment of the Lake Jesup Community, which decades later gave way to modern housing developments, shopping centers, parks, recreation facilities, conservation areas and interstate roadways that can take travelers across the state.

Early settlers to the area relished the fertile land. They grew crops of celery and citrus and traveled to Orlando and Sanford to sell their produce. Orlando was reached via a wagon-wheel rutted road, but the primary means of travel from the area were steam ships like the Volusia or the Hattie Baker and small boats, which docked at Solary’s Wharf and Mitchell dock. Mail arrived in the area via riverboat twice a week and soon a post office was established. Andrew Aulin, a Swedish immigrant who spoke four languages and loved to read, was appointed postmaster. He was asked to name the new post office. On March 13, 1879 the name Lake Jesup Community faded into history as Aulin chose the name Oviedo, pronounced O-vee-a-dough in those days, to be the name of the post office and soon the surrounding town. Aulin liked the idea of giving the post office a Spanish name to go along with the Spanish heritage of the state of Florida. The original Oviedo is a city in northern Spain established in the 8th century and known for its architecture, a magnificent ancient cathedral and its dedication to higher education through the University of Oviedo. Today we pronounce Oviedo differently, O-vee-dough, but the City’s link to Oviedo, Spain still exists. The two cities have established an informal sister city relationship that promises to be mutually beneficial to both communities.

Oviedo in 2007 only vaguely resembles Oviedo of 1925. Citrus and celery are no longer produced here in large quantities, but are still found in many backyard gardens.

Lake Jessup
Experience the thrill of an airboat ride on beautiful Lake Jessup in Oviedo, Florida. Situated in a beautiful rural setting on Lake Jessup. Ten thousand acres large and over 100,000 years old, Lake Jessup. In the heart of Seminole County along the middle basin of the St. Johns River, Lake Jesup encompasses an area of approximately 16,000 acres, including open water and floodplain.

It is home to some of Florida’s most unique wildlife. See beautiful foliage, alligators, eagles, osprey, and many types of wildlife in their natural habitat. Lake Jessup is anthropologically rich and has been researched by at least 3 major universities. Don’t forget your camera, Lake Jessup has the highest population of alligators of any lake in Florida. Over the years, bald eagles, manatees, ibises, wood storks and sandhill cranes have made Lake Jesup their home.

Once a thriving water body, attracting thousands of recreational boaters and anglers to the area, Lake Jesup has slowly degraded since the 1960s as Central Florida has grown up around it. Decades of wastewater effluent discharges directly into the lake, stormwater discharges from surrounding tributaries, the construction of berms that segregated the lake from parts of its floodplain and a causeway that reduced the lake’s connection with the St. Johns River have all taken a significant toll on the sensitive ecosystem.

Events in the late 1980s highlighted the need for focus on growths’ negative impact on Lake Jesup. The planned construction of State Road 417 across the lake and its floodplain spurred the organization of the ‘Lake Jesup Restoration Task Force’ which hoped to deal with the impacts of that project and the many environmental needs of the lake. This task force struggled and ultimately disbanded in 1993, frustrated by the inability to synchronize the efforts of the many government agencies that would be needed to effectively address the problems of the lake. This frustration was shared by all of the citizens’ groups who had for so long tried to get something positive done for the lake.

That continued struggle led to the formation of a group of 16 state agencies and environmental and homeowners organizations from throughout central Florida to find solutions to the lake’s problems. With support from citizen groups in the Lake Jesup vicinity, Florida Rep. Marvin Couch of Oviedo sponsored a bill in the 1994 Florida legislative session that created the Friends of Lake Jesup Restoration and Basin Management Team, designated the group’s membership, and directed its responsibilities. The bill also established the District as the lead agency of the restoration effort, and directed that it provide the necessary technical support.

Restoring Lake Jesup, which is fed primarily by creeks with some minimal discharge from Clifton Springs, is not only important to the central Florida community, but also to the St. Johns River system. The St. Johns River flows north for 310 miles from Indian River County to the Atlantic Ocean at Jacksonville. Lake Jesup’s waters join that system just north of the State Road 46 bridge between lakes Monroe and Harney, both straddling the border between Seminole and Volusia counties.

Seminole State College has a campus in Oviedo. This year, more than 7,000 students will enjoy the natural learning environment SSC at Oviedo offers. Students of all ages can find classes from art to technology, English to health careers, and foreign language to interior design. Day, evening, weekend and distance learning classes are offered at convenient times.

The University of Central Florida’s (UCF) main campus is located about two miles south of Oviedo’s City limits. UCF is a four-year institution of higher education, with an enrollment of over 46,700 students for the fall 2006 sememster. In addition to UCF’s main campus there are regional campuses located in Daytona, Deland, Sanford/Lake Mary area, downtown Orlando, Cocoa, Melbourne, Palm Bay, in South Lake County, MetroWest, Ocala, Osceola and South Orlando.

Schools: To find out where your child will be educated, visit the Seminole County Public Schools website at http://www.scps.k12.fl.us. Oviedo is home to 4 public elementary schools (K-5); 2 public middle schools (6-8), and 1 public high school (9-12). All of these schools are A-rated. Other publc schools just outside City limits also serve Oviedo residents. Private schools are also available in the area.
Elementary Schools (Public)

Evans Elementary
Lawton Elementary
Partin Elementary
Stenstrom Elementary
Carillon Elementary (outside City limits)
Walker Elementary (outside City limits)
Middle Schools (Public)

Jackson Heights Middle School
Lawton Chiles Middle School
High Schools (Public)

Oviedo High School
Hagerty High School (outside City limits)
Source: www.cityofoviedo.net
PreSchool

KIDS TOGETHER CHILDCARE CENTER
3029 Sanctuary Dr
Oviedo, FL 32765
407-278-0210
www.kidstogetherchildcare.com

4-C SEMINOLE HEAD START LAWTON
188 S Lake Jessup Road
Oviedo, 32765
(407)366-4650

CHILD TIME LEARNING CENTER
1500 Swanson Drive
Oviedo, 32765
407-977-0525
www.childtime.com

DOUBLE R PRIVATE SCHOOL
725 Country School Trail
Chuluota,32766
407-365-6856
www.doublerschool.com

EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR 1ST U M CH
263 King Street
Oviedo, 32765
(407)365-3702
www.fumco.net

EASTSIDE YMCA PRIMETIME
1600 E McCullough Road
Oviedo, 32765
(407)359-2112

FIRST YEARS PRESHOOL/FIRST BAPTIST
45 W Broadway
Oviedo, 32765
(407)365-3484
www.fbcoviedo.com

KIDS ‘R’ KIDS – OVIEDO
315 Alafaya Woods Blvd
Oviedo, 32765
(407)351-0114
www.kidsrkidsoviedo.com

LA PETITE ACADEMY INC
205 Alexandria Blvd
Oviedo, 32765
(407)366-1243
www.lapetite.com

LUTHERAN HAVEN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
2035 W SR 426
Oviedo, 32765
(407)365-3108
www.stlukes-oviedo.org
MISSION ROAD CHURCH DAY CARE
151 Mission Road
Oviedo, 32765
(407)365-7437

OVIEDO CHILD CARE CENTER
387 W Broadway
Oviedo, 32765
407)365-5621

SWEETWATER KIDS ACADEMY
418 N Central Ave
Oviedo, 32765
(407)365-5150

OVIEDO MONTESSORI SCHOOL
261 S Central Ave
Oviedo, 32765
(407)365-4848
www.oviedomontessori.com

THINK N PLAY
2751 Tuskawilla Road
Oviedo, 32765
(407)657-7091

TUSKAWILLA LEARNING CENTER
1625 Tuskawilla Road
Oviedo, 32765
(407)678-3879
www.tuskawilla-montessori.pvt.k12.fl.us

TUSKAWILLA PRESBYTERIAN PRESCHOOL
3600 W SR 426
Oviedo, 32765
(407)671-4173
www.privateschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/7513

TWIN RIVERS MONTESSORI
1271 Lockwood Blvd
Oviedo, 32765
(407)366-4564
www.tuskmont.org

UNIVERSITY CARILLON PRESCHOOL
1600 E McCulloch Road
Oviedo, 32765
(407)359-2112
www.ucpkids.org