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Citrus County, Florida

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

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10historic places

—earliest paper

1887formed

153,843pop. 2020

15cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 10 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Inverness, Crystal River, Floral City.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Florida is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Citrus titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

4 of 10 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

10 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Citrus County Courthouse, Old	Inverness	Building	1992
Crystal River Indian Mounds NHL	Crystal River	Site	1970
Crystal River Old City Hall	Crystal River	Building	1998
Etna Turpentine Camp Archeological Site	Inverness	Site	2009
Floral City Historic District	Floral City	District	1993
Fort Cooper	Inverness	Site	1972
Hernando Elementary School, Old	Hernando	Building	2001
Mullet Key	Crystal River	Site	1986
The Masonic Temple of Citrus, Lodge #18, F. and A.M.	Inverness	Building	2010
Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins	Homosassa	Structure	1970

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Citrus was formed in 1887 (1887-06-02) from Hernando.

CITRUS created from HERNANDO.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Citrus County population from 1890 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1890	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,394	5,391	5,220	5,846	6,111	9,268	54,703	118,085	153,843

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

15 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 15 of 15 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Burke Cemetery	28.97026	-82.40982
Citronelle Cemetery	28.97884	-82.56587
Crystal River Cemetery	28.89778	-82.58806
Dampier Cemetery	28.81551	-82.31433
Fero Memorial Gardens	28.94818	-82.44093
Frazier Cemetery	28.74111	-82.29656
Hernando Cemetery	28.89926	-82.37748
Hill of Rest Cemetery	28.75249	-82.29759
Lecanto Cemetery	28.85278	-82.48556
Red Level Cemetery	28.95303	-82.63705
Shiloh Cemetery	28.67406	-82.40585
Stage Pond Cemetery	28.70221	-82.41065
Stage Stand Cemetery	28.79609	-82.57232
The Fountains Memorial Park	28.79128	-82.52831
Williams Cemetery	28.73819	-82.29667

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Big Hammock	28.80026	-82.44982

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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