Bayport (Florida)

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Bayport
Place name sign with description
Place name sign with description
County and state location
Hernando County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Bayport Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1850
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Hernando County
Coordinates : 28 ° 33 ′  N , 82 ° 39 ′  W Coordinates: 28 ° 33 ′  N , 82 ° 39 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 43 (as of 2010)
Population density : 25.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.7 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of
which 1.7 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 1 m
FIPS : 12-04250
GNIS ID : 0294669

Bayport is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hernando County in the US state of Florida with 43 residents (as of 2010).

geography

Bayport is about 25 km west of Brooksville and about 80 km north of Tampa on the Gulf of Mexico .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the 43 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 39 households. The population density was 25.3 inh / km². 95.3% of the population identified themselves as white and 4.7% as African American . 9.3% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 33.3% of all households lived in 23.8% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 47.6% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.05 people and the average family size was 2.70 people.

16.3% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 25.6% were 20 to 39 years old, 25.6% were 40 to 59 years old, and 32.5% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 51 years. 46.5% of the population were male and 53.5% were female.

The median annual income was $ 95,660 with no one living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 100% of the population.

history

Inland Florida was not settled by settlers until the 1740s after the end of the Second Seminole War. In the absence of road and rail links, coastal and inland waterways were of the utmost importance to supply the settlers. The town of Bayport at the mouth of the Weekiwachee thus became a center for cotton and food trade in the 1850s. During the civil war, the northern states blocked important ports on the Atlantic and Gulf coast with their navy in order to cut off supplies. Small rivers like the Weekiwachee became important waterways. Between 1862 and 1865 a total of 11 blockade breakers were brought in. Bayport became the largest export port for agricultural goods and lobsters after the Civil War ended. The place lost its importance in 1885 when the rail link to Brooksville was completed.

Bayport today

Bayport has been a popular fishing destination ever since. Families from nearby Brooksville own weekend homes here. You can catch perch and trout here, and mackerel at certain times of the year. In spring 2008, the Hernando County and Southwest Florida Water Management Districts renewed Bayport's harbor and park.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved July 13, 2013.
  2. ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved July 13, 2013.