Micanopy

Micanopy
	County and state location
Basic data
Foundation :	1821
State :	United States
State :	Florida
County :	Alachua County
Coordinates :	29 ° 30 ′ N , 82 ° 17 ′ W Coordinates: 29 ° 30 ′ N , 82 ° 17 ′ W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	600 (as of 2010)
Population density :	222.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	2.8 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of; which 2.7 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	38 m
Postal code :	32667
Area code :	+1 352
FIPS :	12-45225
GNIS ID :	0286767
Website :	www.micanopytown.com
Mayor :	Tim Parker

Micanopy is a city in Alachua County in the US state of Florida with 600 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

The city is about 15 km south of Gainesville and about 120 km southwest of Jacksonville .

history

The city of Micanopy claims to be the oldest city in Florida. When the researcher William Bartram came to this area in 1774, there was already a settlement of the Seminole tribe on the site of the present city . The Indians called the place "Cuscowilla". Bartram's publications in the "old world" drew large numbers of European emigrants.

The first post office was opened in 1826. The city was named "Wanton" after the then prominent resident Edward M. Wanton , but the name Micanopy was also in use, derived from a Seminole chief. In 1831 a fort was built to protect the inhabitants, which was important during the Second Seminole War . The historical importance of the area was confirmed in 1983 by the National Register of Historic Places .

Micanole was the location of the films " Cross Creek " (1983) and " Doc Hollywood " (1991) with Michael J. Fox and Julie Warner .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the 600 inhabitants at that time were distributed among 317 households. The population density was 222.2 inh / km². 74.2% of the population identified themselves as whites, 22.2% as African American , 1.3% as Indians and 0.2% as Asian Americans . 2.2% said they belonged to several ethnic groups. 2.8% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 32.1% of all households lived in 22.4% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 58.5% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.17 people and the average family size was 2.72 people.

18.2% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 18.7% were 20 to 39 years old, 36.4% were 40 to 59 years old, and 26.6% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 51 years. 51.0% of the population were male and 49.0% were female.

The median annual income was $ 40,172, with 9.2% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 96.28% of the population and Spanish spoke 3.72%.