Orange Heights is an unincorporated community inAlachua County,Florida, United States.[1] It is located at the intersection ofU.S. Route 301 andFlorida State Road 26.
Orange Heights was founded on thePeninsula Railroad (nowCSX Transportation'sWildwood Subdivision), which ran fromWaldo toOcala.
In 1891 Orange Heights had a population of more than 300 people. It had a school, a church, a hotel, three general stores, a cotton gin, a blacksmith, and a sawmill.[2]
In 2010–2011 an overpass was constructed carrying State Road 26 over U.S. 301 and the CSX tracks at Orange Heights.[3]
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29°43′11″N82°08′21″W / 29.71972°N 82.13917°W /29.71972; -82.13917
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