Yankeetown is a town in

Levy County Levy County is a county located on the Gulf coast and in the northern part of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,915. Its county seat is Bronson. History Levy County was created in 1845, after the Seminol ...

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, United States. In the 2020 census, the population was 588.

History

Yankeetown was founded in 1923 by the

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politician and lawyer Armanis F. Knotts, who moved to the area because of his great love for hunting. The settlement was originally named Knotts for the founder. However, stories have it that the present name comes from a local mail carrier, an "unreconstructed Confederate," who frequently and derisively directed visitors to the settlement that he called "that Yankee town." Yankeetown was initially to be western end of a 1930s proposed, but never actualized, Cross Florida Canal.

Geography

Yankeetown is located at (29.031155, –82.720104). The outermost reaches of the town are located around the mouth of the Withlacoochee River and along the

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. According to the

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, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 63.75%, is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 629 people, 309 households, and 194 families residing in the town. The

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was 80.4 people per square mile (31.1/km). There were 472 housing units at an average density of 60.3 per square mile (23.3/km). The racial makeup of the town was 96.82%

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, 1.43% Native American, 0.79%

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, and 0.95% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.64% of the population. There were 309 households, out of which 12.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.3% were

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living together, 5.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.9% were non-families. 31.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.04 and the average family size was 2.48. In the town, the population was spread out, with 14.1% under the age of 18, 3.5% from 18 to 24, 15.6% from 25 to 44, 36.6% from 45 to 64, and 30.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 55 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.3 males. The median income for a household in the town was $33,304, and the median income for a family was $40,833. Males had a median income of $28,750 versus $31,500 for females. The

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for the town was $22,774. About 6.8% of families and 12.5% of the population were below the

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, including 18.5% of those under age 18 and 11.3% of those age 65 or over.

Education

School Board of Levy County District School Board of Levy County or the School Board of Levy County (SBLC) is a school district headquartered in Bronson, Florida. It serves Levy County. Chris Cowart serves as Superintendent. Schools K-12: * Cedar Key School 6-12: * Bronson M ...

operates the PK–8 Yankeetown School. The Yankeetown Inglis Woman's Club provides Yankeetown and Inglis with the local AF Knotts Public Library. The YIWC has a contract with Levy County who provides staffing and books for the local library. The YI Woman's Club is believed to be the last woman's club in the US to own and maintain a public library for their community. The original library opened in 1959 with 1,000 donated books The A.F. Knotts Public Library was named in honor of the town's founder; Armanis F. Knotts in 1975 by his nephew Eugene Knotts.

References

External links

Town of Yankeetown official website

Yankeetown community website

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