Killarney, Florida

Killarney, Florida
Unincorporated community
Killarney Station a bike shop used on the two rail-trails that terminate at Killarney,
Killarney, Florida
Coordinates: 28°32′50″N 81°39′01″W / 28.54722°N 81.65028°WCoordinates: 28°32′50″N 81°39′01″W / 28.54722°N 81.65028°W
Country	United States
State	Florida
County	Orange
Elevation	131 ft (40 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	34740
Area code(s)	407 & 321
GNIS feature ID	295390[1]

Killarney is an unincorporated community in Orange County, Florida, United States.^[1] Its ZIP code is 34740.^[2] The community is located west of Oakland, south of Lake Apopka, north of John's Lake, and east of the Lake-Orange County Line.

The main roads through Killarney are State Road 50, Old CR 50, and County Road 438. The West Orange Trail and South Lake-Lake Minneola Scenic Trail terminate within the community. Florida's Turnpike also runs though Killarney, but has no interchanges there. The nearest interchange is with SR 50 in nearby Oakland.

History

A post office called Killarney was established in 1887.^[3] The community was named after Killarney, in Ireland.^[4]

Notes

1. "Killarney, Florida". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
2. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
3. "Orange County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
4. Clark, Alisson (May 10, 1999). "What's in a name?". Ocala Star-Banner. pp. 3C. Retrieved 7 June 2015.