Editing Ocoee, Florida

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
<!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage-->
<!-- Basic info ----------------->
|name                     = Ocoee, Florida
|settlement_type          = [[City (Florida)|City]]
|other_name               =
|native_name              = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English -->
|nickname                 =
|motto                    = "The Center of Good Living"
<!-- images and maps ------------>
|image_skyline            = Ocoee Withers-Maguire01.jpg
|imagesize                =
|image_caption            = The [[Withers-Maguire House]]
|image_flag               =
|flag_size                =
|image_seal               =
|seal_size                =
|image_shield             =
|shield_size              =
|image_blank_emblem       =
|blank_emblem_type        =
|blank_emblem_size        =
|image_map                = Orange_County_Florida_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Ocoee_Highlighted.svg
|mapsize                  = 250x200px
|map_caption              = Location in [[Orange County, Florida|Orange County]] and the state of [[Florida]]
|image_map1               =
|mapsize1                 =
|map_caption1             =
|image_dot_map            =
|dot_mapsize              =
|dot_map_caption          =
|dot_x                    =
|dot_y                    =
|pushpin_map              = <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map -->
|pushpin_label_position   = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
|pushpin_map_caption      =
|pushpin_mapsize          = <!-- Location ------------------>
|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = {{flag|United States}}
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = {{flag|Florida}}
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Florida|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = {{noflag|[[Orange County, Florida|Orange]]}}
|subdivision_type3        =
|subdivision_name3        =
|subdivision_type4        =
|subdivision_name4        =
<!-- Politics ----------------->
|government_footnotes     =
|government_type          = [[Council-manager government|Commission-Manager]]
|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              = Rusty Johnson<ref>{{cite web|title=Mayor|url=http://www.ocoee.org/Directory.aspx?EID=122|website=City of Ocoee, FL|access-date=February 4, 2016}}</ref>
|leader_title1            = [[Mayor Pro Tem]]
|leader_name1             = Rosemary Wilsen
|leader_title2            = [[City Council|Commissioners]]
|leader_name2             = Scott R. Kennedy,<br>Richard Firstner, and<br>Ages Hart
|leader_title3            = [[City Manager]]
|leader_name3             = Robert D. Frank
|leader_title4            = [[City Clerk]]
|leader_name4             = Melanie Sibbitt
|established_title        = [[Settler colonialism|Settled<br>(Starke Lake)]]
|established_date         = {{circa|Mid-1850s|lk=yes}}<ref name=OcoSet/>
|established_title1       = [[Plat|Platted (Ocoee)]]
|established_date1        = October 5, 1883-1886<ref name="Historic Orange County"/>
|established_title2       = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated (town)]]
|established_date2        = November 22, 1923<ref name="FLOC"/><ref name="COO"/><ref name=OcoInc>{{Cite web|title=FLORIDA CITIES BY INCORPORATION YEAR WITH INCORPORATION & DISSOLUTION INFO|url=https://www.flcities.com/docs/default-source/research-institute-reports/2020citiesbyincorporationwithinfo.pdf?sfvrsn=5009d6d5_0|website=flcities.com|access-date=April 1, 2024|archive-date=February 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213212456/https://www.flcities.com/docs/default-source/research-institute-reports/2020citiesbyincorporationwithinfo.pdf?sfvrsn=5009d6d5_0|url-status=live}}</ref>
|established_title3       = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated (city)]]
|established_date3        = 1925<ref name="COO"/>
|area_magnitude           =
|unit_pref                = Imperial
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_12.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 31, 2021|archive-date=March 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318014648/https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_12.txt|url-status=live}}</ref>
|area_total_sq_mi         = 16.67
|area_land_sq_mi          = 15.61
|area_water_sq_mi         = 1.06
|area_water_percent       =
|area_urban_km2           =
|area_urban_sq_mi         =
|area_metro_km2           =
|area_metro_sq_mi         =
|area_blank1_title        =
|area_blank1_km2          =
|area_blank1_sq_mi        =
<!-- Population ----------------------->
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_est           =
|pop_est_as_of            =
|pop_est_footnotes        =
|population_footnotes     =
|population_total         = 47295
|population_density_sq_mi = 3029.79
|population_metro         =
|population_density_metro_km2     =
|population_density_metro_sq_mi   =
|population_urban         =
|population_density_urban_km2     =
|population_density_urban_sq_mi   =
|population_blank1_title  =
|population_blank1        =
|population_density_blank1_km2    =
|population_density_blank1_sq_mi  =
<!-- General information ---------------->
|timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
|utc_offset               = -5
|timezone_DST             = EDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -4
|coordinates              = {{coord|28|34|27|N|81|31|50|W|region:US-FL|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
|elevation_ft             = 157
<!-- Area/postal codes & others -------->
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 34761
|area_code                = [[Area codes 407 and 689|407, 689]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 12-51075<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website|archive-date=December 27, 1996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/https://www.census.gov/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2404418<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2404418}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|www.ocoee.org|City of Ocoee}}
|footnotes                =
|area_total_km2           = 43.17
|area_land_km2            = 40.43
|area_water_km2           = 2.74
|population_density_km2   = 1169.81
}}

'''Ocoee''' ({{IPAc-en|ə|ˈ|k|oʊ|.|i}}) is a city in [[Orange County, Florida|Orange County]], [[Florida]], United States. It is part of the [[Greater Orlando|Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. According to the 2020 US Census, the city had a population of 47,295.

==History==

===Founding and early history===
In the mid-1850s, Dr. J.D. Starke, stricken with [[malaria]], took a group of slaves, similarly stricken, to the north side of an open pine wooded lake that provided clear and clean water to avoid further malaria outbreaks. The camp built by the group provided a base of operations from which to commute during the day to work the fields near [[Lake Apopka]] and rest at night. 

As the camp grew into a village, it took the name Starke Lake, a name the lake upon which the group settled bears to this day. The city's population increased further after the [[American Civil War]] as Confederate soldiers and their families settled into the area, including Captain [[Bluford Sims]] and General [[William Temple Withers]] who wintered at the location.<ref name=OcoSet>{{cite news|last=Maguire|first=Nancy|date=September 17, 1998|title=Ocoee House Is Gateway To Past|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1998/09/17/ocoee-house-is-gateway-to-past/|newspaper=Orlando Sentinel|location=Orlando|publisher=Tribune|access-date=March 24, 2014|archive-date=March 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324223704/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1998-09-17/features/9809120576_1_nancy-maguire-ocoee-toured-the-house|url-status=live}}</ref> Captain Sims received a land grant for a 74-acre parcel to the west of Starke Lake in what is now the downtown portion of Ocoee on October 5, 1883.<ref name="Historic Orange County">{{cite book|last=Fyotek|first=Cassandra|date=2009|title=Historic Orange County:The Story of Orlando and Orange County|publisher=Historical Publishing Network|pages=144|isbn=978-1893619999}}</ref> In 1886, Captain Sims, along with a group of original settlers, led an effort to have the town [[plat]]ted and changed the name to Ocoee, after a river he grew up near in Tennessee.<ref name="Historic Orange County"/> ''Ocoee'' is a [[Cherokee language|Cherokee]] Indian word anglicized from ''uwagahi'', meaning "[[Passiflora incarnata|apricot vine]] place"<ref name="FLOC">[http://www.floridaleagueofcities.com/Directory.aspx?iID=363 "City of Ocoee"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626205324/http://www.floridaleagueofcities.com/Directory.aspx?iID=363 |date=2013-06-26 }} at Florida League of Cities municipal directory. Retrieved 15 September 2016.</ref> and this inspired the choice of the city's flower.<ref name="COO">[http://www.ocoee.org/728/City-History "City History"] at City of Ocoee official website. Retrieved September 15, 2016.</ref>

Bluford Sims began groundbreaking work in budding wild orange trees while in Ocoee.  His commercial citrus nursery was the first in the United States in Ocoee, supplying many other groves in Florida with their first trees as well as shipping young citrus trees to California.<ref name="FLOC"/>  The construction of the [[Florida Midland Railway (defunct)|Florida Midland Railroad]] in the 1880s spurred growth in the area and many more settlers moved in.<ref name="COO"/>

===Ocoee massacre===
{{main|Ocoee massacre}}
On November 2, 1920, after [[July Perry]] and Mose Norman, two [[African American|Black men]], attempted to vote and encouraged other Black people to vote, the entire Black population of the town was attacked by a mob organized by the [[Ku Klux Klan]]. On the night of the massacre, white [[World War I]] veterans from throughout Orange County murdered dozens of African-American residents.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wesh.com/article/ocoee-leaders-seek-eminent-domain-over-area-believed-to-be-historic-black-cemetery/30434506|title=Ocoee leaders seek eminent domain over area believed to be historic black cemetery|first=Bob|last=Hazen|date=January 7, 2020|website=WESH|access-date=November 6, 2020|archive-date=September 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240912063526/https://www.wesh.com/article/ocoee-leaders-seek-eminent-domain-over-area-believed-to-be-historic-black-cemetery/30434506|url-status=live}}</ref> At least 24 Black homes were burned, the institutions constituting the Black community were destroyed, and Perry was [[lynching|lynched]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brockell |first1=Gillian |title=A White mob unleashed the worst Election Day violence in U.S. history in Florida a century ago |url=https://www.chron.com/news/article/A-White-mob-unleashed-the-worst-Election-Day-15693837.php |access-date=2 November 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post |via=Chron|date=2 November 2020}}</ref> Before the massacre, Ocoee's Black population numbered approximately five hundred; after the massacre, however, the Black population was nearly eliminated. For more than 40 years, Ocoee remained an all-white [[sundown town]].<ref>Edward Ericson Jr. [http://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/story.asp?id=897 "Dead Wrong."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812012452/http://www2.orlandoweekly.com/news/story.asp?id=897 |date=August 12, 2011 }} ''Orlando Weekly''. October 1, 1998. Retrieved September 15, 2016.</ref><ref>''[http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Fall01/white/default.html Go Ahead On, Ocoee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110013256/http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Fall01/white/default.html |date=January 10, 2013 }}'' - A Narrative Documentary Film by Bianca White & Sandra Krasa.</ref> In 2018, the city commission issued a proclamation formally acknowledging the massacre and declaring that Ocoee is no longer a sundown town.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ocoee, where massacre occurred in 1920, aims to shed past reputation as 'sundown' town|first=Stephen|last=Hudak|work=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|location=Orlando, Florida|date=November 20, 2018|page=A1|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orange/os-ne-ocoee-massacre-proclamation-20181115-story.html|access-date=March 11, 2019|archive-date=March 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328001748/https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orange/os-ne-ocoee-massacre-proclamation-20181115-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Incorporation and modern history===
Ocoee was incorporated in 1922<ref name="FLOC"/> (or 1923<ref name="COO"/><ref name=OcoInc/>) and became a city in 1925.<ref name="COO"/>

Highway construction was the impetus for Ocoee's growth in the 20th century. State Road 50 (SR 50) was constructed south of downtown Ocoee in 1959 and provided a direct east-west connection between the City and a growing Orlando. The development of what would become [[Florida State Road 50]] made the town more accessible to housing developers.<ref name="COO"/>  [[Florida's Turnpike]] was opened just south of downtown Ocoee in 1964.<ref name="COO"/>  In late 1990, Ocoee was connected to Orlando by a western extension of [[Florida State Road 408]] (the East-West Expressway) which then joined the Florida's Turnpike south of SR 50.<ref name="COO"/>  In 2000, the completion of [[Florida State Road 429]] (the Western Expressway) linked Ocoee with [[Walt Disney World]] to the south.<ref name="COO"/>

==Geography==
The approximate coordinates for the City of Ocoee is located at {{coord|28.574050|-81.530596|type:city_region:US|format=dms|display=inline}}.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990|archive-date=August 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824085937/https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|40.6|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|38.1|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|2.5|km2|order=flip}} (6.12%) is water.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/|title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Ocoee city, Florida|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=September 20, 2012|archive-date=December 27, 1996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/https://www.census.gov/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Climate==
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild winters. According to the [[Köppen climate classification]], the City of Ocoee has a [[humid subtropical climate]] zone (''Cfa'').
{{Orlando, Florida weatherbox}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1920 = 815
| 1920n = <ref name="1920 Population">{{cite web|url=https://bendingtowardjustice.cah.ucf.edu/index.php/chapter-1-all/#:~:text=The%20population%20at%20Ocoee%20in,residents%20had%20fallen%20to%20two.|title=The Town of Ocoee|publisher=bendingtowardjustice.cah.ucf.edu|access-date=March 23, 2025|archive-date=March 23, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250323203142/https://bendingtowardjustice.cah.ucf.edu/index.php/chapter-1-all/}}</ref>
| 1930 = 794
| 1940 = 702
| 1950 = 1370
| 1960 = 2628
| 1970 = 3937
| 1980 = 7803
| 1990 = 12778
| 2000 = 24391
| 2010 = 35579
| 2020 = 47295
| align-fn = center
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015|archive-date=April 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426102944/http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

===2010 and 2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Ocoee racial composition'''<br> (Hispanics excluded from racial categories)<br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')<br>
!Race
!Pop 2010<ref>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Ocoee city, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Ocoee+city;+Florida+&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=October 27, 2023|archive-date=September 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240912063409/https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2010.P2?q=Ocoee+city;+Florida+|url-status=live}}</ref>
!Pop 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Ocoee city, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Ocoee+city;+Florida+&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=October 27, 2023|archive-date=September 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240912063409/https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2020.P2?q=Ocoee+city;+Florida+|url-status=live}}</ref>
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|19,086
|18,029
|53.64%
|38.12%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|5,968
|10,869
|16.77%
|22.98%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|91
|115
|0.26%
|0.24%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|1,945
|3,051
|5.47%
|6.45%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] or [[Native Hawaiian]] (NH)
|19
|40
|0.05%
|0.09%
|-
|[[Other races (U.S. Census)|Some other race]] (NH)
|277
|857
|0.78%
|1.81%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races/Multiracial]] (NH)
|799
|2,372
|2.25%
|5.02%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|7,394
|11,962
|20.78%
|25.29%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''35,579'''
|'''47,295'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|-
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 47,295 people, 14,428 households, and 11,474 families residing in the city.<ref>{{Cite web|title=S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2020: Ocoee city, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Ocoee+city;+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2020.S1101|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=October 27, 2023|archive-date=September 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240912063411/https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1101?q=Ocoee+city;+Florida+|url-status=live}}</ref>

As of the [[2010 United States census]], there were 35,579 people, 11,586 households, and 9,178 families residing in the city.<ref>{{Cite web|title=S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2010: Ocoee city, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Ocoee+city;+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2010.S1101|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=October 27, 2023|archive-date=September 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240912063424/https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2010.S1101?q=Ocoee+city;+Florida+|url-status=live}}</ref>

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 24,391 people, 8,072 households, and 6,554 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,843.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 8,405 housing units at an average density of {{convert|635.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 81.47% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6.59% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.35% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.93% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.06% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 6.22% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.38% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 15.20% of the population.

In 2000, there were 8,072 households, out of which 44.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.8% were non-families. 13.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.99 and the average family size was 3.28.

In 2000, in the city, the population was spread out, with 29.2% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 36.2% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 7.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.3 males.

In 2000, the median income for a household in the city was $53,225, and the median income for a family was $56,865. Males had a median income of $33,628 versus $26,519 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $20,896. About 4.2% of families and 5.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 6.6% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over.

==Transportation==
Ocoee was served by the [[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad]]. The Ocoee station burned in a fire of undetermined origin on December 4, 1928.<ref>Associated Press, "Station burns down", ''Sarasota Herald-Tribune'', Sarasota, Florida, Wednesday, December 5, 1928, Volume 4, Number 51, page one.</ref>
The Tavares and Gulf Railroad's terminus was in Ocoee.  Its former station still stands and is the home of the Ocoee Lions Club.

==Education==
Residents are zoned to [[Orange County Public Schools]].<ref>"[http://www.ocoee.org/DocumentCenter/View/2628 Zoning Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422035029/http://www.ocoee.org/DocumentCenter/View/2628 |date=April 22, 2017 }}. Ocoee, Florida. Retrieved on April 22, 2017.</ref>

High schools serving sections of Ocoee include [[Ocoee High School]],<ref>"[https://www2.ocps.net/UserFiles/Servers/Server_54619/File/Departments/Student%20Enrollment/School%20Attendance%20Zone%20Maps/Ocoee%20HS%202015.pdf Ocoee High School Attendance Zone]." [[Orange County Public Schools]] Office of Planning & Governmental Relations. January 9, 2015. Retrieved on April 22, 2017. {{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422134315/https://www2.ocps.net/UserFiles/Servers/Server_54619/File/Departments/Student%20Enrollment/School%20Attendance%20Zone%20Maps/Ocoee%20HS%202015.pdf|date=2017-04-22}}</ref> [[West Orange High School (Florida)|West Orange High School]].<ref>"[https://www2.ocps.net/UserFiles/Servers/Server_54619/File/Departments/Student%20Enrollment/School%20Attendance%20Zone%20Maps/West%20Orange%20HS%202017.pdf West Orange High School Zone] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422125405/https://www2.ocps.net/UserFiles/Servers/Server_54619/File/Departments/Student%20Enrollment/School%20Attendance%20Zone%20Maps/West%20Orange%20HS%202017.pdf |date=2017-04-22 }}." [[Orange County Public Schools]] Department of Pupil Assignment. January 7, 2017. Retrieved on April 22, 2017.</ref> and [[Olympia High School (Florida)|Olympia High School]].<ref>"[https://www2.ocps.net/UserFiles/Servers/Server_54619/File/Departments/Student%20Enrollment/School%20Attendance%20Zone%20Maps/Olympia%20HS%202015.pdf Olympia High School Zone] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421093119/https://www2.ocps.net/UserFiles/Servers/Server_54619/File/Departments/Student%20Enrollment/School%20Attendance%20Zone%20Maps/Olympia%20HS%202015.pdf |date=2017-04-21 }}." [[Orange County Public Schools]] Department of Pupil Assignment. February 11, 2016. Retrieved on April 21, 2017.</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Brian Barber]], former [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] player and amateur scouting director for the [[Philadelphia Phillies]]
* [[Bart Bryant]], professional golfer
* [[Aubrey Perry]], soccer player
* [[Grant Riller]], professional basketball player
* [[Caleb Gordon]], a rap/hip-hop musician

==See also==
* [[List of sundown towns in the United States]]
* [[Ocoee Christian Church]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.ocoee.org/ City of Ocoee official website]

{{Orange County, Florida}}
{{Metro Orlando}}
{{Florida}}

{{authority control}}

[[Category:Ocoee, Florida| ]]
[[Category:Cities in Orange County, Florida]]
[[Category:Cities in the Greater Orlando]]
[[Category:Cities in Florida]]
[[Category:1850s establishments in Florida]]
[[Category:Sundown towns in Florida]]