Palatka (Florida)

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Palatka
Nickname : P-town
Palatka City Hall01.jpg
County and state location
Putnam County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Palatka Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1821
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Putnam County
Coordinates : 29 ° 39 ′  N , 81 ° 39 ′  W Coordinates: 29 ° 39 ′  N , 81 ° 39 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Inhabitants :
-  Metropolitan Area :		 10,558 (status: 2010)
72,893 (status: 2009)
Population density : 541.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 19.5 km 2  (approx. 8 mi 2 )
Height : 5 m
Postcodes : 32177-32178
Area code : +1 386
FIPS : 12-53875
GNIS ID : 0288381
Website : palatka-fl.gov
Mayor : Terrill Hill

Palatka is a city and also the county seat of Putnam County in the state of Florida with 10,558 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Palatka is on the left bank of the St. Johns River and about 60 km south of Jacksonville .

history

The place received its first railway connection in 1884 with the construction of the Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Railway between Jacksonville and Palatka. This line was extended to Sanford in 1886 . After several sales and restructuring, the line finally came into the possession of CSX Transportation in 1986 .

The construction of the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway (GS & F) between Valdosta ( Georgia ) and Palatka took place in 1890, which Palatka turned into an important hub. After the early bankruptcy of the company, the GS&F went as a subsidiary in 1895 to the Southern Railway , which in turn merged in 1990 with the Norfolk and Western to the Norfolk Southern Railway . The line itself was shut down between Lake City and Palatka in the late 1980s after Norfolk Southern acquired the route usage rights between Jacksonville and Palatka from CSX . The section from Lake Butler to Palatka has now been converted by the Florida Department of Transportation into the 76 km long Palatka-Lake Butler State Trail .

Another route ran from 1888 to 1942 over a railway bridge over the St. Johns River to St. Augustine , which was built by the Saint Augustine and Palatka Railroad .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 10,558 inhabitants were distributed over 4,533 households. The population density was 541.4 inh / km². 46.3% of the population identified themselves as whites, 49.8% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 0.6% as Asian Americans . 1.5% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 1.6% to several ethnic groups. 4.6% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 and 29.8% of all households lived in 35.2% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 60.9% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.48 people and the average family size was 3.18 people.

31.7% of the population were younger than 20 years old, 24.5% were 20 to 39 years old, 23.1% were 40 to 59 years old, and 20.6% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 34 years. 45.7% of the population were male and 54.3% were female.

The median annual income was $ 20,116, with 37.6% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 96.21% of the population, 3.07% spoke Spanish and 0.27% spoke German .

Attractions

The following properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places :

traffic

The city is crossed by US Highway 17 ( SR 15 ) and Florida State Roads 19 , 20 and 100 . The Palatka station is a station of trains Silver Star and Silver Meteor train company Amtrak on the line from Miami to New York City . It has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1988 . With the Palatka Municipal Airport, the city has its own airfield. The nearest airports are Gainesville Regional Airport (national, 60 km west) and Jacksonville International Airport (100 km north).

crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 704 points (US average: 266 points) in the high range. There was one murder, 16 rapes, 29 robberies, 112 assaults, 189 break-ins, 634 thefts, ten car thefts and six arson attacks.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Palatka, Florida  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gregg Turner: A Short History of Florida Railroads. Arcadia Publishing , Mount Pleasant 2014, ISBN 978-1-439642-54-2
  2. ↑ Lake City to Palatka. Retrieved September 4, 2015 .
  3. ^ The Original Mainline of the Florida East Coast Railway. Retrieved September 4, 2015 .
  4. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  5. ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  6. ^ FLORIDA - Putnam County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed August 16, 2015 .
  7. ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Palatka-Florida.html