Killarney, Florida
Killarney, Florida | |
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 Killarney Station, a bike shop used on the two rail-trails that terminate at Killarney | |
  Killarney, Florida | |
| Coordinates: 28°32′50″N 81°39′01″W / 28.54722°N 81.65028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| County | Orange |
| Elevation | 131 ft (40 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 34740 |
| Area code(s) | 407, 689 & 321 |
| GNIS feature ID | 295390[1] |
Killarney is an unincorporated community in Orange County, Florida, United States.[1] Its ZIP code is 34740.[2] The community is located west of Oakland, south of Lake Apopka, north of John's Lake, and east of the Lake-Orange County Line.
The main roads through Killarney are State Road 50, Old CR 50, and County Road 438. The West Orange Trail and South Lake-Lake Minneola Scenic Trail terminate within the community. Florida's Turnpike also runs through Killarney, but has no interchanges there. The nearest interchange is with SR 50 in nearby Oakland.
History
[edit]A post office called Killarney was established in 1887,[3] closed in 1902, reopened in 1926, and closed once more in 2003.
The community was named after Killarney, in Ireland.[4]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b "Killarney, Florida". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ "Orange County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
- ^ Clark, Alisson (May 10, 1999). "What's in a name?". Ocala Star-Banner. pp. 3C. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |