Panacea is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

and

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 counte ...

(CDP) in

Wakulla County, Florida Wakulla County is a County (United States), county located in the Big Bend (Florida), Big Bend region in the North Florida, northern portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 33,76 ...

, United States. The population was 735 at the 2020 census, down from 816 at the 2010 census. It is part of the

Tallahassee metropolitan area The Tallahassee metropolitan area is the metropolitan area centered on Tallahassee, the capital of the U.S. state of Florida, in Leon County. It is located in the center of North Florida in the Florida panhandle. The Tallahassee Metropolitan S ...

. The mule drawn and wooden railed Panacea Team brought tourists from Sopchoppy. It is home to the Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory and its nature center.

History

The community was known as Smith Springs until 1893 when some Bostonians purchased the land about the five springs here and renamed the town

Panacea In Greek mythology and religion, Panacea (Greek ''Πανάκεια'', Panakeia), a goddess of universal remedy, was the daughter of Asclepius and Epione. Mythology Panacea and her four sisters each performed a facet of Apollo's art: * Panac ...

, after the goddess of universal remedy, because of the curative properties of the waters. During the

Civil War A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same Sovereign state, state (or country). 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.J ...

a large plant here supplied salt for much of western Florida. Most of the development in the area was destroyed by a hurricane in 1928.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 735 people, 284 households, and 199 families residing in the CDP.

Transportation

The Wakulla County Airport is located approximately south of Panacea. It is the only airport in Wakulla County.Wakulla County Airport
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{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Wakulla County, Florida Tallahassee metropolitan area Unincorporated communities in Florida Census-designated places in Florida