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Port Orange proclaims Freemanville Day and hears resident plea to preserve historic neighborhood
Summary
Council proclaimed Feb. 10, 2026, Freemanville Day and heard resident Carolyn Sanders James recount the community's founding after the Civil War and ask the city to preserve the old church and burial sites in the Freemanville neighborhood.
The Port Orange City Council adopted a proclamation recognizing Feb. 10, 2026, as Freemanville Day and received remarks from Carolyn Sanders James, a long-time Port Orange resident and local historian. James recounted Freemanville (also referred to as Fort Orange in the proclamation) as one of Volusia County's first all-Black settlements established in…
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