Place:Lafayette, Florida, United States

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NameLafayette
Alt namesLafayettesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates29.95°N 83.2°W
Located inFlorida, United States     (1826 - )
See alsoDixie, Florida, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Madison, Florida, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Wayfare Cemetery
Inhabited place
Alton
Buckville
Chancey
Cooks Hammock
Day
Grady
Hatchbend
Mayo Junction
Mayo
Peterson
San Pedro Junction
The Watson Place
Townsend
Trail Center
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Lafayette County is a county located in the north central portion of the state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,226, making it the second-least populous county in Florida. The county seat is Mayo. Lafayette County is a prohibition or partially dry county, allowing retail sales of beer.

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History

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Lafayette County was created on December 23, 1856, from part of Madison County. At the time it comprised all the area of present-day Lafayette and Dixie counties. The county was named in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette, the French general who rendered assistance to the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. The famed Suwannee River forms the entire eastern boundary. The county courts first met at the home of Ariel Jones near Fayetteville. The county seat was New Troy until the court house burned down on New Year's Eve, 1892. It was moved to Mayo in 1893, and Mayo is currently Lafayette's only incorporated town. The moving of the courthouse was the end for New Troy. The Gainesville Sun states that houses were dismantled for their timber and bricks, hardwoods replaced the fields, steamboat traffic ended in 1899, and the ferry closed in 1917. In 1921 the lower part of the county was removed to create Dixie County.

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Historic sites

Historic sites in Lafayette County include:

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1826 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1828 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1857 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1860 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1873 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1930 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1860 2,068
1870 1,783
1880 2,441
1890 3,686
1900 4,987
1910 6,710
1920 6,242
1930 4,361
1940 4,405
1950 3,440
1960 2,889
1970 2,892
1980 4,035
1990 5,578
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Lafayette County, Florida, United States

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Research Tips

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External links

www.rootsweb.com/~fllafaye/lafaytte.html

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