Place:Levy, Florida, United States

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NameLevy
Alt namesLevysource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates29.283°N 82.733°W
Located inFlorida, United States     (1845 - )
See alsoAlachua, Florida, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Census-designated place
Andrews
East Bronson
East Williston
Manattee Road
Williston Highlands
Deserted settlement
Beech Creek
Wakasassa
Inhabited place
Beetree Ford
Bronson
Cedar Key
Chiefland
Ellzey
Fanning Springs
Fowlers Bluff
Gulf Hammock
Hodgson
Inglis
Lukens
Merediths
Montbrook
Morriston
Otter Creek
Port Inglis
Raleigh
Rose
Rosewood
Sumner
Tidewater
Usher
Vista
Williston
Yankeetown
Unknown
Atsena Otie Island
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Levy County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2010, the population was 40,801. Its county seat is Bronson. Levy is pronounced LEE vee.

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History

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Levy County was created in 1845, in development that followed the end of the Seminole Wars. It was named for David Levy, a planter elected in 1841 as the state's territorial delegate to the US House of Representatives, and he served two terms. When Florida was admitted as a state, Levy was elected by the new state legislature as one of Florida's first two U.S. senators; he served from 1845 to 1851, and again from 1855 to 1861. He was the first Jewish American elected to the United States Senate.

Levy provided for long-term development in the state by constructing the first railroad across Florida, linking the deep-water ports of Fernandina on the Atlantic Ocean and Cedar Key on the Gulf of Mexico. He developed a network of feeder railroads through central Florida as well.

The Rosewood Massacre occurred in Levy County, in the first week of January 1923. It was a race riot in which whites attacked and killed blacks. A film based on the incident was made, but not shot in Levy County.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1845 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1847 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1850 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1854 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1880 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
1850 465
1860 1,781
1870 2,018
1880 5,767
1890 6,586
1900 8,603
1910 10,361
1920 9,921
1930 12,456
1940 12,550
1950 10,637
1960 10,364
1970 12,756
1980 19,870
1990 25,923
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External links

www.rootsweb.com/~fllevy/

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