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Panacea, Florida

Coordinates: 30°01′53″N 84°23′37″W / 30.031278°N 84.393539°W / 30.031278; -84.393539
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30°01′53″N 84°23′37″W / 30.031278°N 84.393539°W / 30.031278; -84.393539

Panacea, Florida
Unincorporated community
Panacea, Florida is located in Florida
Panacea, Florida
Panacea, Florida
Location in Wakulla County and the state of Florida.
Coordinates: 30°01′53″N 84°23′37″W / 30.03139°N 84.39361°W / 30.03139; -84.39361
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountiesWakulla
Founded1895[2]
Elevation
7 ft (2 m)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total816[1]
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Websitewww.visitpanacea.com

Panacea is an unincorporated community in Wakulla County, Florida, United States.[3]

History

The community was known as Smith Springs until 1893 when some Bostonians purchased the land about the five springs here and renamed the town Panacea, after the goddess of universal remedy, because of the curative properties of the waters.[4][5] Most of the development in the area was destroyed by a hurricane in 1928.[6]

During the Civil War a large plant here supplied salt for much of western Florida.[7]

Demographics

2020 census

Panacea racial composition[8]
(NH = Non-Hispanic)[a]
Race Number Percentage
White (NH) 695 94.56%
Black or African American (NH) 9 1.22%
Native American or Alaska Native (NH) 2 0.27%
Asian (NH) 1 0.14%
Some Other Race (NH) 1 0.14%
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) 22 2.99%
Hispanic or Latino 5 0.68%
Total 735

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 735 people, 284 households, and 199 families residing in the CDP.

Transportation

The Wakulla County Airport is located approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Panacea. It is the only airport in Wakulla County.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Current Panacea, Florida Population, Demographics and stats in 2020, 2019".
  2. ^ https://www.floridamemory.com/blog/tag/panacea/ [bare URL]
  3. ^ "Panacea, Florida". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1939), Florida. A Guide to the Southernmost State, New York: Oxford University Press, p. 487
  5. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 97.
  6. ^ "Panacea, FL - Panacea, Florida Map & Directions - MapQuest".
  7. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1939), Florida. A Guide to the Southernmost State, New York: Oxford University Press, p. 487
  8. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  9. ^ http://www.census.gov [not specific enough to verify]
  10. ^ "About the Hispanic Population and its Origin". www.census.gov. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  11. ^ Wakulla County Airport
  1. ^ Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.[9][10]
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