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''The Villages'' is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sumter County, Florida, United States. It shares its name with a broader master-planned age-restricted community that spreads into portions of Lake and Marion counties. ''The Villages'' consistently ranks as a very high growth area. The US Census ranked ''The Villages'' as the fastest-growing U.S. city for the second year in a row (during the 12 months ended July 2014);〔http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2015/03/26/florida-villages-is-fastest-growing-city-in-america/〕 ''The Villages'' has more than doubled in size since 2010: about 114,350 people now live in the community.〔http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2015/06/15/america-fastest-growing-city-is-getting-bigger/?cmpid=edpick&google_editors_picks=true〕 ''The Villages'' is controlled by several quasi-governmental Community Development Districts (CDD), which are, in turn, controlled by the development company which created ''The Villages''. H. Gary Morse, the son of the original owner and who was responsible for turning The Villages into one of the most well-known and fastest-growing retirement communities, transferred most direct ownership in the company to his three children in 2006; Morse died in 2014. The overall development lies in central Florida, approximately south of Ocala and approximately northwest of Orlando. As of the 2010 United States Census, ''The Villages'' had a population of 51,442,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ledgerdata.com/census/florida/the-villages-cdp/71625/ )〕 reflecting an increase of 43,109 (517.33%) from the 8,333 counted in the 2000 Census. It is the center of ''The Villages'' Micropolitan Statistical Area (μSA), which consists of all of Sumter County; Lake County is included in the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area; and Marion County is included in the Ocala, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. == History == Harold Schwartz, a Michigan businessman, began selling land tracts via mail order in ''The Villages'' area in the 1960s. He and his business partner, Al Tarrson, were forced to close the mail-order aspect of the business due to a 1968 Federal law banning sales of real estate by mail order.〔Ryan Erisman, ''The Complete Guide to The Villages Florida'', Chapter 3.〕 Stuck with considerable portions of Florida land, in the early 1970s Schwartz and Tarrson began development of a mobile home park, ''Orange Blossom Gardens'', in the northwestern corner of Lake County. By the early 1980s, the community had sold only 400 units. In an attempt to improve the business, Schwartz bought out Tarrson's interest and brought his son, H. Gary Morse, on board in 1983. Morse noted that the successful retirement communities (such as Del Webb's Sun City developments) offered numerous well-maintained amenities to the residents. They also had diverse and nearby commercial development. Morse began to significantly upgrade the development. Their sales improved in the mid-1980s. Schwartz began to buy large tracts of land in nearby Sumter and Marion counties for future expansion. In 1992, Morse officially changed the overall development name to ''The Villages''. The development is still controlled in all major aspects by descendants of Schwartz and Morse. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Villages, Florida」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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