Panacea, Florida
Panacea is an unincorporated community in Wakulla County, Florida, United States.[3]
Panacea, Florida | |
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Unincorporated community | |
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  Panacea, Florida Location in Wakulla County and the state of Florida. | |
| Coordinates: 30°01′53″N 84°23′37″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| Counties | Wakulla |
| Founded | 1895[1] |
| Elevation | 7 ft (2 m) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 816[2] |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Website | www |
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]
Transportation
The Wakulla County Airport is located approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Panacea. It is the only airport in Wakulla County.[8]
gollark: What about regular road systems except with stuff in place to flood them every 5 minutes?
gollark: WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG
gollark: Actually, have lots of ultrafast collector/express setup highways, but every few blocks or whatever they get funneled through a single dirt road.
gollark: I like to design my serious road network things as one-way hexagon grids with highway uplinks.
gollark: "You want to get to your neighbour's house? You have to loop around the entire city on dirt paths, pay $1000 in tolls, and spend 5 hours in traffic jams."
References
- https://www.floridamemory.com/blog/tag/panacea/
- https://suburbanstats.org/population/florida/how-many-people-live-in-panacea
- "Panacea, Florida". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- Federal Writers' Project (1939), Florida. A Guide to the Southernmost State, New York: Oxford University Press, p. 487
- Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 97.
- https://www.mapquest.com/us/fl/panacea-282029414
- Federal Writers' Project (1939), Florida. A Guide to the Southernmost State, New York: Oxford University Press, p. 487
- Wakulla County Airport
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