Auburndale FL, A Quintessential Character Town 

HISTORY. “The town was founded in 1880 by Frank Fuller and originally named Sanatoria for a hotel located here. When the railroad came to town, the town renamed itself Auburndale after a town of the same name in Massachusetts. Thousands of acres of citrus were planted and the area began to boom. Big Freezes destroyed the citrus industry with the first freeze was on December 27, 1894, the second one was on February 7, 1895. Citrus made a comeback in the twentieth century that lasted until the 1970s until freezes came again in 1981 and 1983. The citrus industry is now south toward Frostproof.