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At A Glance <br />Casselberry is a culturally -enriched and <br />dynamic city with a central location that <br />makes it a coveted place to live in Central <br />Florida. The City started as a vision and grew <br />into a sizeable suburb that lies in Seminole <br />County approximately 13 miles northeast of <br />Orlando. Two major roadways, U.S. Highway <br />17-92 and State Road 436, intersect in <br />Casselberry, connecting the City to all of <br />Central Florida and providing commercial <br />corridors that give residents, visitors, and <br />business entrepreneurs easy access to an array of restaurants and retail shops, office <br />and commercial space, and top-rated healthcare facilities. <br />In 1926, Hibbard Casselberry of Winnetka, Illinois settled in <br />the area and bought 3,000 acres of land as an investment <br />along a new highway (US 17-92). He turned that land into a <br />fernery, which became one of the largest in the world, and <br />this area became known as Fern Park. A general store was <br />opened in 1928, followed by the opening of the Fern Park <br />Post Office in 1930. Growth continued during the next <br />decade when a large portion of the fernery was converted <br />into a housing development, a water company was <br />established, and a tax-free town was proposed. This <br />proposal became a reality some two years later, on October <br />10, 1940, when the "tax-free" Town of Casselberry was <br />officially incorporated and Hibbard Casselberry became the <br />town's first mayor. The Town of Casselberry was later reincorporated as the City of <br />Casselberry in 1965. <br />10 <br />