Citrus Springs is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...
(CDP) in
Citrus County
Citrus County is a county located on the west central coast of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 153,843. Its county seat is Inverness, and its largest community is Homosassa Springs.
Citrus County compris ...
,
Florida
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, United States. The population was 8,622 as of the
2010 census,
up from 4,157 in 2000.
Geography
Citrus Springs is located in northern Citrus County at (28.993539, -82.461692).
It is bordered by
Pine Ridge to the south and
Hernando to the east.
U.S. Route 41
U.S. Route 41, also U.S. Highway 41 (US 41), is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs from Miami, Florida, to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Until 1949, the part in southern Florida, from Naples to Miami, ...
(North Florida Avenue) runs through the CDP, leading southeast to
Inverness, the Citrus County seat, and north to
Dunnellon
Dunnellon is a city with the unique feature of sitting in 3 counties in Marion, Levy & Citrus counties in Florida, United States. The predominant part falls in the Marion county. The population was 1,928 at the 2020 census, up from 1,733 in 20 ...
in
Marion County.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, Citrus Springs has a total area of ; all land.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 4,157 people, 1,834 households, and 1,333 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 2,003 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 93.70%
White
White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White o ...
, 2.24%
African American
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...
, 0.31%
Native American, 0.65%
Asian
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** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
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, 0.07%
Pacific Islander
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, 1.37% from
other races
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* Other (philosophy), a concept in psychology and philosophy
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, and 1.66% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to viceroyalties forme ...
or
Latino
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* Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America
* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
* The people or cultures of Latin America;
** Latin A ...
of any race were 5.46% of the population.
There were 1,834 households, out of which 20.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.4% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.3% were non-families. 23.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.61.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 18.0% under the age of 18, 4.2% from 18 to 24, 18.6% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 36.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 54 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.8 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $29,758, and the median income for a family was $35,000. Males had a median income of $27,143 versus $18,686 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the CDP was $16,845. About 5.0% of families and 7.8% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 11.4% of those under age 18 and 4.1% of those age 65 or over.
History
Citrus Springs was developed by the
Mackle Brothers The Mackle brothers - Elliott, Robert and Frank Jr. - were a group of three brothers who were real estate developers. They would popularize selling land in planned communities through installment plans in Florida creating several communities in the ...
, prominent Florida real estate developers working unde
The Deltona Corporationto be used as a subdivision consisting of over 34,000 homesites. (Elkcam Boulevard, a prominent street in Citrus Springs, is "Mackle" spelled backwards.) The area currently has two elementary schools (Citrus Springs Elementary School and Central Ridge Elementary School, opened fall 2008) and one middle school (Citrus Springs Middle School). There are plans for an high school campus complete with public park, but construction is not planned in the near future.
Phosphate
In chemistry, a phosphate is an anion, salt, functional group or ester derived from a phosphoric acid. It most commonly means orthophosphate, a derivative of orthophosphoric acid .
The phosphate or orthophosphate ion is derived from phosph ...
mining played a major part in the history of Citrus County until the end of World War II, when phosphate mining largely moved overseas. The first newspaper of Citrus County was called the ''Phosphate Times''. Many abandoned mines exist in the
Withlacoochee River basin, with a concentration of those within Citrus Springs. Some of those areas can be seen at one of Citrus Springs' two golf courses, El Diablo. Many of those mines were part of the Dunnellon Phosphate company, headed by Capt John L. Inglis, a veteran of the
Civil War
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The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...
. Areas in northeastern Citrus Springs were part of a proposed but unbuilt portion of the
Cross Florida Barge Canal
The Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway is a protected green belt corridor, more than one and a half miles (1.6 km) wide in places, that was the former route of the proposed Cross Florida Barge Canal. It is named for the leader o ...
to aid the transportation of the mineral.
The
Withlacoochee State Trail
Withlacoochee State Trail is a long paved, multi-use, non-motorized rail trail in Florida located in Citrus, Hernando and Pasco counties. It follows along the Withlacoochee River and passes through the Withlacoochee State Forest. It is the ...
, a bike riding trail which was converted from the railroad lines built in the early 1900s, runs through Citrus Springs, in places parallel to US 41.
Education
The CDP is served by
Citrus County Schools. Residents are divided between Citrus Springs Elementary and Central Ridge Elementary. All residents are zoned to Citrus Springs Middle School. Portions of the CDP are zoned to
Citrus High School,
Crystal River High School, and
Lecanto High School
Lecanto High School is a secondary school in Lecanto, Florida.Lecanto High SchoolOfficial Website It is a public high school in the Citrus County School District. The school covers grades 9-12, with approximately 1740 students and 103 faculty. ...
.
[Citrus County High School Attendance Boundaries]
." Citrus County Schools. Retrieved on February 2, 2017.
References
External links
Citrus County Visitors & Convention Bureau
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Census-designated places in Citrus County, Florida
Census-designated places in Florida