DeFuniak Springs
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 Walton County Courthouse in DeFuniak Springs |
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| State : | United States |
| State : | Florida |
| County : | Walton County |
| Coordinates : | 30 ° 43 ′ N , 86 ° 7 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 5,177 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 182.3 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 29.1 km 2 (approx. 11 mi 2 ) of which 28.4 km 2 (approx. 11 mi 2 ) is land |
| Postcodes : | 32433, 32435 |
| Area code : | +1 850 |
| FIPS : | 12-16800 |
| GNIS ID : | 0294592 |
| Website : | www.defuniaksprings.net |
| Mayor : | Bob Campbell |
DeFuniak Springs is a city and also the county seat of Walton County in the US state of Florida with 5177 inhabitants (as of 2010).
geography
DeFuniak Springs is around 120 km east of Pensacola .
history
DeFuniak Springs was founded in 1882 during the construction of the Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad on a lake called Lake DeFuniak to honor the president of the railroad company, Frederick DeFuniak . In the same year the place was renamed to its current name. The railway line opened in the following year created a continuous rail link between Pensacola and Jacksonville .
As was often the case in northwest Florida, DeFuniak Springs was mostly populated by Scots from Virginia and North and South Carolina .
On December 17, 1885, Arbor Day was celebrated for the first time in Florida with a planting campaign on Lake DeFuniak . The city's library opened in 1886; its building is said to be the oldest in Florida and has been used as a library from the start.
Florida Governor Sidney Johnston Catts , 22nd Governor , lived in DeFuniak Springs during his tenure.
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census, the then 5177 inhabitants were distributed over 2713 households. The population density was 182.3 inh / km². 70.7% of the population identified themselves as whites, 20.4% as African American , 0.7% as Indians and 0.8% as Asian Americans . 4.5% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.9% to several ethnic groups. 7.5% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .
In 2010 children under the age of 18 lived in 30.4% of all households and persons aged 65 or over lived in 33.9% of all households. 61.3% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or a parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.33 people and the average family size was 2.96 people.
26.4% of the population were younger than 20 years, 23.5% were 20 to 39 years old, 23.7% were 40 to 59 years old, and 26.2% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 40 years. 46.4% of the population were male and 53.6% were female.
In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 95.71% of the population, 3.00% spoke Spanish and 1.29% spoke German .
Attractions
The following properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places :
traffic
DeFuniak Springs is crossed by Interstate 10 , US Highways 90 ( SR 10 ) and 331, and Florida State Road 83 . The rail freight traffic through the city is carried out by CSX . The city has its own small airfield. The Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport is located 75 km south-east of the city.
crime
The crime rate in 2010 was 492 points (US average: 266 points) in the high range. There were five rapes, one robbery, 66 assaults, 69 break-ins, 118 thefts, six car thefts and one arson.
Personalities
- Sidney Catts (* 1863, † 1936), Governor of Florida, was based here.
- Walt Anderson (* 1952), American football referee and dentist, was born here.
- Buck Showalter (* 1956), baseball manager, was born here.
- Kyrsten Sinema (* 1976), who was elected to the United States Senate as the first woman for Arizona in 2018 , grew up here.
Web links
- The City website (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Gregg Turner: A Short History of Florida Railroads. Arcadia Publishing , Mount Pleasant 2014, ISBN 978-1-439642-54-2
- ^ DeFuniak Springs History. Retrieved September 3, 2015 .
- ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved February 15, 2014.
- ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved May 13, 2013.
- ^ FLORIDA - Walton County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed June 5, 2015 .
- ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-De-Funiak-Springs-Florida.html
- ^ Rebekah L. Sanders: The congresswoman who grew up in a gas station. In: The Arizona Republic , September 30, 2017.
