Taylor Creek is a

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(CDP) in

Okeechobee County Okeechobee County () is a county located in the Florida Heartland region of the state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 39,644. The county seat is Okeechobee. Okeechobee County comprises the Okeechobee, FL Micropolitan St ...

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, United States. The population was 4,348 at the 2010 census.

Geography

The community lies along the north side of

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. The area is served by US routes 98 and

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and state routes

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and 15. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (3.61%) is water.

History

In 1855, Taylor Creek was the site for a meeting of

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. The aim of the meeting was to discuss how the confederation should respond to increasing pressure from the United States government, and the result was the start of the

Third Seminole War The Seminole Wars (also known as the Florida Wars) were three related military conflicts in Florida between the United States and the Seminole, citizens of a Native American nation which formed in the region during the early 1700s. Hostilities ...

. In October 1896, the first Euro-American settlers, Peter and Louisiana Raulerson, moved down to the area from

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Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 4,289 people, 2,022 households, and 1,277 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 2,775 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.54%

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, 0.26%

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, 0.42% Native American, 0.61%

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, 0.05%

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, 3.12% from

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, and 1.00% from two or more races.

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of any race were 5.15% of the population. There were 2,022 households, out of which 14.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.4% were

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living together, 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.8% were non-families. 29.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.12 and the average family size was 2.54. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 14.6% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 18.2% from 25 to 44, 28.1% from 45 to 64, and 33.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 55 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.0 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $24,919, and the median income for a family was $28,260. Males had a median income of $23,810 versus $22,500 for females. The

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for the CDP was $16,754. About 10.1% of families and 15.2% of the population were below the

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, including 22.8% of those under age 18 and 6.2% of those age 65 or over.

References

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