DAYTONA BEACH, a city of Volusia county, Fla., U.S.A., on the Halifax river, 50m. below St. Augustine; on the Dixie and Atlantic Coast highways and the Ocean Shore boulevard, and served by the Florida East Coast railway. It was formed in 1925 by the consolidation of the city of Daytona (pop., and the towns of Daytona Beach (pop., 1925, 2,129) and Sea breeze (1,792), and its population in 1930 was 16,598 by the Fed eral census. Daytona Beach is a popular winter resort, with many hotels and private winter homes. The Spanish style of architec ture prevails, and the assessed valuation of property in 1927 was $51,605,000. Along the hard, white beach, which adjoins that of Ormond, is a fine automobile racing course, where many speed records have been made.