Halifax area
Halifax area | |
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Major cities | Daytona Beach Deland Port Orange New Smyrna Beach |
Time zone | UTC -5
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The Daytona Beach-Port Orange Urbanized Area, in the Halifax area. |
The Halifax area or simply Daytona is a
History
The area around the Halifax River saw continuous settlement in the late 19th century, and gained international fame for its beaches and automobile racing beginning in the early 20th century. However, it was several decades before a popular regional identity for the wider area emerged. Today, the region is usually known as simply "Daytona", or the "Halifax area".[1]
As with several other parts of Florida, there have been several attempts to create a regional identity for the Halifax area. These usually involve the term "Coast", as with the
In the 1990s promoters initiated a campaign to dub the region the "Fun Coast". This particular branding had previously been attempted for the
Regardless of these campaigns, "Halifax area" or "Daytona" remain the common way of referring to the region by local organizations.[1]
References
- ^ a b Lamme & Oldakowski, p. 332.
- ^ Lamme & Oldakowski, p. 332, 333.
- St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
- ^ "Fun Coast? Dizzy World is more like it". Miami Herald. August 31, 1993. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
- Daytona Beach News Journal. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
- ^ Daytona Beach News-Journal: "Officials Hang on for New Area Code Split Imminent for 904 Calling Area", June 16, 1999
- Daytona Beach News-Journal: "PSC Set to Release Area Code Proposal", August 17, 2000
- Florida Public Service Commission: "Area Code F-U-N is About to Begin", February 1, 2001
- General
- "Fun Coast? Dizzy World is more like it". Miami Herald. August 31, 1993. Archived from the original on January 26, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
- John E. Evans (July 16, 1995). "Why don't we try harder to promote Volusia?". Daytona Beach News Journal. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
- Lamme, Ary J.; Oldakowski, Raymond K. (2007). "Spinning a New Geography of Vernacular Regional Identity: Florida in the Twenty-First Century". Southeastern Geographer. 47 (2). University of North Carolina Press: 320–340. .
- Bill Moss (January 27, 1988). "Tourism ad drives home its point". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved December 6, 2012.