Steinhatchee ( ) is a

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coastal community in the southern part of

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, United States. Steinhatchee is south of the county seat of

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. Just across the Steinhatchee River is

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, which is in Dixie County. Steinhatchee is 19.27 miles north of the town of Cross City. Its approximate elevation is 7 feet above sea level.

History

Since the early 19th century, the village of Steinhatchee played an integral part in the foresting industry, particularly

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used for making

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s, as well as fishing, crabbing and scalloping. The Steinhatchee River also flows by the community and into the

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Hurricane Idalia Hurricane Idalia was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone that caused significant damage across parts of the southeastern United States, especially in North Florida, in late August 2023. The ninth tropical cyclone naming, named storm, thi ...

struck the village of approximately 600 citizens on August 30, 2023, with a storm surge of 6 ft and 80 mph winds that escalated every hour. At about 7 a.m. local time ( EDT) on August 5, 2024,

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made landfall near Steinhatchee as a Category 1 hurricane, with winds up to 80 mph. On September 26-27, 2024, Steinhatchee was "hard hit" again by Category 4

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Demographics

2020 census

''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.'' As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,049 people, 327 households, and 214 families residing in Steinhatchee.

2010 census

As of the 2010 census, there were 1,047 people. The

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was 327.4 people per square mile. There were 1,555 housing units. The racial makeup of the village was 98.7%

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, 0.0%

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, 0.3% Native American, 0.3% Asian, and 0.2% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.9% of the population.

Ancestry

the largest self-reported ancestry groups in Steinhatchee, Florida, are:

References

Populated places in Taylor County, Florida Populated coastal places in Florida on the Gulf of Mexico Census-designated places in Florida {{TaylorCountyFL-geo-stub