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Levy County History

Levy County History

Toni Collins

140 years ago


07 December 1863 - The commander of the U.S.S. Sagamore received orders to proceed to the mouth of the Suwannee River and to capture two river pilots stationed there. The pilots were suspected of having piloted three Confederate steamers carrying contraband up the river at the end of their
voyages to Havana.

103 years ago


01 June 1900 - The twelfth census of the United States was conducted by the Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Enumerators counted all the men, women and children in Levy County and came up with a population figure of 8,603 persons. The total for each precinct was as follows:


Precinct 1, Bronson 799
Precinct 2, Levyville 517
Precinct 3, Ellzey (Otter Creek) 802
Precinct 4, Cedar Keys 960
Town of Cedar Key - 739
Cedar Key area - 221
Precinct 5, Lebanon 600
Precinct 6, Montbrook 570
Precinct 7, Williston 1,465
Precinct 8, Morriston 772
Precinct 9, Sumner 450
Precinct 10, Judson 550
Precinct 11, Shell Pond (Raleigh) 275
Precinct 12, Red Hollow 400
Precinct 13, Chiefland 443


From the Archives & History Center
Levy County Clerk`s Office
Danny J. Shipp, Clerk of Court

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