Tangerine is a census-designated place (CDP) in Orange County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Tangerine had a population of 3,237. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (13.85%) is water.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Tangerine had a population of 3,237. The median age was 44.4 years. 21.6% of residents were under the age of 18 and 20.6% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 101.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 100.3 males age 18 and over.

83.6% of residents lived in urban areas, while 16.4% lived in rural areas.

There were 1,196 households in Tangerine, of which 30.2% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 56.9% were married-couple households, 17.7% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 19.6% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 19.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

1886-1887

The Congregational Church is founded as the Union Church of Christ in Tangerine. Shortly thereafter, the name is changed to the Congregational Church of Christ and a church building is constructed. In the 1940s, the church is named Tangerine Community Church.

April 3, 1909

The Tangerine Improvement Society (TIS) is founded by local Tangerine women. Men are later admitted in 1920.

1911

Mr. and Mrs. William H. and Addie G. Earl donate land to TIS for a community building – “Tangerine Community Hall.”

April 5, 1912

The Tangerine Community Hall opens its doors to community use.

1920s

Mrs. Sadie Trimble gifts Trimble Park, situated between Lakes Beauclaire and Carlton, to Orange County.

Notable residents

Tangerine was the adopted home of novelist, journalist and government consultant Harry Hart Frank (born Chicago, Illinois, 1908; died Jacksonville, Florida, 1964). Under the pen name Pat Frank, his classic 1959 post-apocalyptic novel Alas, Babylon is set in the fictional Central Florida small town (stated pop. 3,500) of "Fort Repose". Fort Repose, although fictional, is a clearly drawn composite, representative of many small isolated native-settler Florida communities of the period. The actual town of Mount Dora, north of Tangerine, has been stated as a specific inspiration for Fort Repose, with Frank's fictional shantytown "Pistolville" said to have been named for Mt. Dora's area of the same name.

References

  • Tangerine, Florida at City-data.com