World Resort. Major Routes Water Sanford was historically a hub for Central Florida transportation as a port on the St. Johns River. Today, it has a downtown marina that includes free day slips for boaters visiting the downtown. Education Higher education Seminole State College of Florida High schools Crooms Academy of Information Technology Seminole High School Middle schools Sanford Middle School Millennium Middle School Elementary schools All Souls Catholic School (K–8) Bentley Elementary School Goldsboro Elementary Magnet School Hamilton Elementary School of Engineering & Technology Idyllwilde Elementary Future Ready Academy Midway Elementary School of the Arts Pine Crest Elementary School of Innovation Wicklow Elementary School for Global Pathways Wilson Elementary School Public Library Sanford is served by the North Branch Library of the Seminole County Public Library. It is located at 150 N. Palmetto Avenue, Sanford, Florida 32771. Notable people Ray-Ray Armstrong, professional football player Red Barber, sports announcer Zinn Beck, former professional baseball player. The Zinn Beck Field at Sanford Memorial Stadium is named after him Jeff Blake, professional football player Reggie Branch, professional football player Alwyn Cashe, US Army senior non-commissioned officer and recipient of the Medal of Honor Jim Courier, professional tennis player Gabe Davis, professional football player David Eckstein, former professional baseball player Rick Eckstein, baseball coach and scout Trinity Fatu, professional wrestler Elvira Garner, author and illustrator Joseph C. Hutchinson, lieutenant general in the Florida National Guard and Chairman of the Seminole County Commission in 1960-1964 Trayvon Martin, shooting victim killed in 2012 Tim Raines, professional baseball player Marty Raybon, Lead singer of country music group Shenandoah Bill Swaggerty, professional baseball player Mary Lou Zoback, seismologist and geophysicist Gallery References External links City of Sanford official website Cities in Seminole County, Florida County seats in Florida Cities in the Greater Orlando Populated places established in 1877 Populated places on the St. Johns River Sanford family Cities in Florida 1877 establishments in Florida