Orange Park, Florida
Town of Orange Park | |
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| Town of Orange Park, Florida | |
View of the St. Johns River behind Club Continental Club Continental Doctors Lake Orange Park Town Hall Grace Episcopal Church | |
Location in Clay County and the state of Florida | |
| Coordinates: 30°10′14″N 81°42′15″W / 30.17056°N 81.70417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| County | Clay |
| Incorporated | 1877 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| 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 (4.0 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 9,089 |
| • Density | 2,498.1/sq mi (964.51/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 32073 |
| Area codes | 904, 324 |
| FIPS code | 12-52125 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2407050 |
| 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. while the Town of Orange Park is only 5.32 sq mi large, Orange Park is the designated city on all addresses for all homes and businesses within the zip codes 32065 and 32073, which includes 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.