Kissimmee, Florida

Kissimmee (/kˈsɪm/ kə-SIM-ee) is a city in Osceola County, Florida. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 59,682. It is the county seat of Osceola County. Kissimmee is a Principal City of the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2010 population of 2,134,411.

History

The area was originally named Allendale, after Confederate Major J. H. Allen who operated the first cargo steamboat along the Kissimmee River - the Mary Belle. It was renamed Kissimmee when incorporated as a city in 1883. The name, Kissimmee, came from 'Cacema', a Native American name meaning 'long water'. Its growth can be credited to Hamilton Disston of Philadelphia, who based his four-million acre (8,000 km2) drainage operation out of the small town. Disston had contracted with the financially wobbly state of Florida to drain its southern lands, for which he would own half of all he successfully drained. This deal made Disston the largest single landowner in the United States.

Kissimmee (disambiguation)

Kissimmee is the name of several things in the U.S. state of Florida:

  • Kissimmee, Florida (city, incorporated in 1883)
  • Kissimmee City Street Railway
  • Kissimmee Kreatures (arena football team)
  • Kissimmee Utility Authority (local power and Internet provider)
  • Kissimmee River
  • Lake Kissimmee
  • Kissimmee, Pennsylvania (town in Pennsylvania)
  • Other uses

  • 25 Miles to Kissimmee, a pop album by Fool's Garden
  • Kissimmee station

    Kissimmee is a train station in Kissimmee, Florida. It is served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system of the United States. The station opened in 1883, and has served several different railroads; it is scheduled to become a stop on the SunRail commuter rail system in 2017. It is the closest Amtrak station to Walt Disney World.

    History

    Kissimmee station was originally built as a South Florida Railroad Depot 1883, and was also a junction for the St. Cloud and Sugar Belt Railway and the original Florida Midland Railroad, all three of which were eventually acquired by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. It was replaced by an Atlantic Coast Line Depot in 1910, which is the building that remains to this day. The station was restored in 1976, but suffered some damage to the canopy during the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season that was repaired within two years. Sometime prior to 1990, it also contained a separate Railway Express Agency building, that was previously the site of the original South Florida Railroad depot.

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