| More than 400,000 people call Volusia County home. Situated on the east coast of Central Florida, Volusia County has 47 miles of Atlantic Ocean beaches. Volusia County, Florida-based companies include Hawaiian Tropic sun care products and Boston Whaler boats. Volusia County is also home to institutions of higher learning -- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Stetson University, Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach Community College and the University of Central Florida. Volusia County also is the headquarters of the Ladies Professional Golf Association, the summer home of the London Symphony Orchestra and the winter refuge of the endangered Florida manatee. |