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Floral City Florida History
The city was laid out and surveyed in 1883 by the surveyor W.H. Havron and then-Senator Austin S. Mann. The land was owned by James Baker, son-in-law of ex-confederate soldier John Paul Formy-Duval, an early area settler and landowner. The village was at one time larger than Miami, due to the phosphate mining industry located in Citrus County. Around the time of World War I, the mining industry shut down in Floral City. After the war, mining was moved south to the Bartow, Florida area east of Tampa.
This city is said to be a slice of “Old Florida” that remains relatively intact. The town was named Floral City for its abundance of wild flowers, which are still plentiful today. Floral City also marks the beginning of the Tsala Apopka chain of lakes, which run north into the Gulf of Mexico for the next 50 miles along the Withlacoochee River.
Floral City Statistics
Population in July 2007: 5,880.
Males: 2,821 (48.0%)
Females: 3,059 (52.0%)
Median resident age: 49.4 years
Florida median age: 38.7 years
Zip codes: 34436.
Estimated median household income in 2009: $38,357 (it was $28,180 in 2000)
Floral City: $38,357
Florida: $44,736
Estimated per capita income in 2009: $23,142
Floral City CDP income, earnings, and wages data
Estimated median house or condo value in 2009: $115,213 (it was $63,300 in 2000)
Floral City: $115,213
Florida: $182,400
Mean prices in 2009: All housing units: $129,389; Detached houses: $176,138; Townhouses or other attached units: $99,435; In 2-unit structures: $117,515; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $171,752; Mobile homes: $58,641
Median gross rent in Floral City in 2009: $384.
