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Homes in Longwood, Florida
Centrally located within Seminole County, the City of Longwood was named after a suburb of Boston by the original homesteader, Edward Warren Henck. Some of the earliest settlers came to the area in the 1850's but many left after the Great Freeze of December 1894. In 1923 the Town of Longwood became incorporated as a city.The City of Longwood has a very diverse collection of homes, communities and multi-family dwellings. In the early 1970' with the development of Sweetwater Oaks, Longwood became known as the upscale Orlando suburb with its multi-million dollar homes on several-acre lots.
As Lake Mary grew to the north, Longwood expansion pushed outward with large developments along Markham Woods Road. The newer-upscale communities that border Lake Mary along with the grand homes of Sweetwater Oaks has put the 32779 Longwood zip code as one of the wealthiest in the county.




