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Before development, the Deltona area was inhabited by nomadic Timucuan people, who found fish and fresh water plentiful in its many lakes.

The Mackle brothers - Elliott, Robert and Frank - bought 17,203 acres and opened the master-planned community of Deltona Lakes on November 18, 1962.

Deltona grew explosively, from 4,868 people in 1970 to 50,828 in 1990 and 93,692 at the 2020 census.

Deltona is the most populous city in Volusia County, and the Census Bureau estimated its population passed 100,000 in 2025.

Residents voted down incorporation in 1987 and 1990 before approving a city charter in 1995, and Deltona Lakes was incorporated as the City of Deltona on December 31, 1995.

Deltona sits on the northern shore of Lake Monroe, one of the largest lakes on the St. Johns River.

Deltona has about 33,700 households, and just over 80% of its homes are owner-occupied.

In the middle of this suburban city sits the 360-acre Lyonia Preserve, a protected scrub habitat for the threatened Florida scrub-jay and gopher tortoise, with the Lyonia Environmental Center beside the Deltona Regional Library.

Daytona State College operates a Deltona campus next to City Hall and the Lyonia Preserve.

Deltona's two public high schools, Deltona High and Pine Ridge High, meet in a rivalry known as the 'Battle of the Boulevard' because the schools sit at opposite ends of Howland Boulevard.