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At A Glance With a constant vision toward the future, Casselberry has evolved over the years from a sparsely populated agricultural town to a bustling, dynamic city which has maintained an enviable growth rate in both residential and commercial areas. Offering a rich quality of life supported by excellent city services, tranquil residential surroundings and a continually expanding business market, Casselberry is an exciting and thriving community in which to live, work and play. The City of Casselberry started as a vision and grew into a sizeable suburb that lies approximately 13 miles northeast of Orlando. In 1926, Hibbard Casselberry of Winnetka, Illinois settled in the area and bought 3,000 acres of land as an investment along a new highway (US 17-92). He turned that land into a fernery, which became one of the largest in the world, and this area became known as Fern Park. A general store was opened in 1928, followed by the opening of he Fern Park Post Office in 1930. Growth continued during the next decade when a large portion of the fernery was converted into a housing development, ment, a water company was established, and a tax-free town was proposed. This proposal became a reality some two years later, on October 10, 1940, when the "tax-free" Town of Casselberry was officially incorporated and Hibbard Casselberry became the town's first mayor. The Town of Casselberry was later reincorporated as the City of Casselberry in 1965. In 1976, after 36 years as a tax free town, Casselberry City residents voted to institute property taxes. Another change by the citizenry occurred in 1990 with the decision to replace the City's strong mayor with a Commission/City Manager form of municipal government. Five Commissioners, one of whom serves as Mayor, are elected at image of Casselberry Celebrates 75th Anniversary logo image of map of city of Casselberry page 8