Town of Orange Park | |
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Orange Park, Florida | |
View of the St. Johns River behind Club Continental Club Continental Doctors Lake Orange Park Town Hall Grace Episcopal Church | |
Coordinates: 30°10′7″N 81°42′31″W / 30.16861°N 81.70861°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Florida |
County | Clay |
Incorporated | 1877 |
Government | |
• Type | Council-Manager |
• Mayor | Randy Anderson |
• Vice Mayor | Susana Thompson |
• Town Council | Daniel Cobreiro, Winnette Sandlin, and Doug Benefield |
• Town Manager | Sarah Campbell |
• Town Clerk | Courtney Russo |
Area | |
• Total | 5.32 sq mi (13.78 km2) |
• Land | 3.64 sq mi (9.42 km2) |
• Water | 1.68 sq mi (4.36 km2) |
Elevation | 13 ft (4 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 9,089 |
• Density | 2,498.35/sq mi (964.51/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 32000-32099 |
Area code(s) | 904, 324 |
FIPS code | 12-52125[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 0288219[3] |
Website | www |
Orange Park is a town in Clay County, Florida, United States. As a suburb of Jacksonville in neighboring Duval County, it is formally a part of the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 9,089 at the 2020 census, up from 8,412 from the 2010 census. The name "Orange Park" is additionally applied to a wider area of northern Clay County outside the town limits, covering such communities as Lakeside, Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace and Oakleaf Plantation.
The town's name reflects the hope of its founders for a fruit-growing industry, but their crops were destroyed in the Great Freeze of 1894–1895. Despite recovery elsewhere, the crops never came back to Orange Park.