Killarney, Florida

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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°W / 28.54722; -81.65028
Country	United States
State	Florida
County	Orange
Elevation	131 ft (40 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	34740
Area code(s)	407, 689 & 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 through 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] closed in 1902, reopened in 1926, and closed once more in 2003.

The community was named after Killarney, in Ireland.^[4]

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

v t e Municipalities and communities of Orange County, Florida, United States
County seat: Orlando
Cities	Apopka Bay Lake Belle Isle Edgewood Lake Buena Vista Maitland Ocoee Orlando Winter Garden Winter Park
Towns	Eatonville Oakland Windermere
CDPs	Alafaya Azalea Park Bay Hill Bithlo Christmas Clarcona Conway Dr. Phillips Fairview Shores Four Corners‡ Goldenrod‡ Gotha Holden Heights Holden Lakes Horizon West Hunter's Creek Lake Butler Lake Hart Lake Mary Jane Lockhart Meadow Woods Oak Ridge Orlo Vista Paradise Heights Pine Castle Pine Hills Rio Pinar Sky Lake South Apopka Southchase Taft Tangelo Park Tangerine Tildenville Union Park University Wedgefield Williamsburg Zellwood
Unincorporated communities	Fairvilla Killarney Plymouth Reedy Creek Improvement District‡ Vineland
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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