Indian Mound Village, Florida

Indian Mound Village is an unincorporated community in Seminole County, Florida, United States, located on the St. Johns River.^[1]

Indian Mound Village
Unincorporated community
Indian Mound Village
Coordinates: 28°48′12″N 81°13′00″W
Country	United States
State	Florida
County	Seminole
Elevation	13 ft (4 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	407, 689 & 321
GNIS feature ID	284523[1]

The community takes its name from a nearby Indian burial mound, likely Timucuan.^[2] However, the namesake burial mounds have not been left intact, minimizing the archeological value.^[3]

History

The area was originally subdivided into 116 lots in 1926 by the Davey-Winston Organization Inc. of Sanford, Florida.^[3]

The county approved construction of a water distribution system to the community in 1967.^[4]

Notes

1. "Indian Mound Village, Florida". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Robison, Jim (May 30, 1984). "Marina owner drops plans to expand to the west". The Orlando Sentinel.
3. McBreen, Sharon (March 7, 1991). "Indian history disappears in the dust". The Orlando Sentinel.
4. "Water Plans Get Nod". Orlando Evening Star. October 26, 1967.