·         Mosquito County was created in 1824. It was renamed Orange County in 1845 for the fruit that constituted the county's main product.

·         Orange County is currently the 6th largest county in the State of Florida.

·         Orlando International Airport code is MCO because it was originally an Air Force base named for Colonel Michael McCoy, who died during a training flight in 1957.  Orlando pledged to retain the name McCoy.

·         Other than Orange County’s major theme parks, it is also home to over 100 parks, museums, cultural and wildlife experiences.

·         Orlando’s Tinker field is named for baseball great Joe Tinker of the Chicago Cubs, who moved to Orlando in 1920.

·         Orange County had 400,250 Real Property Parcels in 2006.

·        In Orange County the daily vehicle distance traveled in 2003 was over 16,000 miles. (Central Florida Regional Indicators Report 2005, Pg 13)

Link to Orange County website.