Branford (Florida)

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Branford
Suwannee County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Branford Highlighted.svg
County and state location
Basic data
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Suwannee County
Coordinates : 29 ° 58 ′  N , 82 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 29 ° 58 ′  N , 82 ° 56 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 712 (as of 2010)
Population density : 339 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.1 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of
which 2.1 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 13 m
Postal code : 32008
Area code : +1 386
FIPS : 12-08175
GNIS ID : 0279335
Website : www.townofbranford.net
Mayor : Mickey Dempsey

Branford is a city in Suwannee County in the US state of Florida with 712 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Branford is about 35 km south of Live Oak on the east bank of the Suwannee River . Jacksonville is approximately 120 km east and Tallahassee is 140 km west of the city.

history

In 1881 the Live Oak and Rowland's Bluff Railroad opened a railway line from Live Oak via Branford and High Springs to Gainesville , which was incorporated into the Plant System in 1884.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the 712 inhabitants at that time were distributed over 441 households. The population density was 339.0 inh / km². 80.2% of the population identified themselves as whites , 6.9% as African American , 0.8% as Indians and 1.7% as Asian Americans . 7.0% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 3.4% to several ethnic groups. 13.2% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 lived in 37.9% of all households and persons aged 65 or over lived in 28.2% of all households. 66.8% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.57 people and the average family size was 3.06 people.

32.8% of the population were younger than 20 years, 28.1% were 20 to 39 years old, 22.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 18.8% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 33 years. 48.6% of the population were male and 51.4% were female.

The median annual income was $ 33,426, with 25.7% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 92.13% of the population and 7.87% spoke Spanish .

traffic

Branford is crossed by US Highways 27 ( SR 20 ) and 192 and Florida State Road 247 . The nearest airport is Gainesville Regional Airport (around 70 km southeast).

Web links

Commons : Branford, Florida  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://townofbranford.net/government/
  2. ^ Gregg Turner: A Short History of Florida Railroads. Arcadia Publishing , Mount Pleasant 2014, ISBN 978-1-439642-54-2
  3. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010. United States Census Bureau , accessed July 14, 2015 .
  4. ^ Language distribution 2000. Modern Language Association , accessed July 14, 2015 .