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Fort White, FL - History
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Welcome to the Fort White Home page. The Fort White Home page provides as much information as possible on Fort White. Knowing Fort White’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Fort White’s Home page, you will also find Fort White’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Fort White has a population of 702. 43.3% of Fort White’s inhabitants are Male, and 56.7 are female. 49.2% of Fort White is married and 76.6% own their own home. Household median income in Fort White is $45,577, and the individual median income is $24,141. Fort White’s Ethnic is the following: White(67.2%), Black(26.4%), Other(4.6%), Hispanic(4%), Multiple(1.9%).
Fort White was originally constructed as a military fort during the Second Seminole War in 1836 to protect the Cow Creek settlement. Supplies were brought in by steamboat on the Santa Fe River and distributed to other area forts. Due to sickness, flooding along the river and rumors of the railroad coming to the area, the settlement was moved 4 miles (6 km) east to its present location. The town was incorporated in 1884 still named after the military fort Fort White and grew steadily following the arrival of the railroad in 1888.
Phosphate mining, turpentine and agriculture (cotton and oranges) were the foundation of the economy, and the population grew to nearly 2,000. The boom turned to bust as severe freezes in the winters of 1896 and 1897 destroyed the local citrus industry. By 1910, the largest phosphate deposits were depleted and mining ceased.
The boll weevil ended cotton farming before World War I, and the population shrank to a few hundred people, primarily farmers, ranchers and foresters. The town's population in 1979 was 365.
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