Old Sumter County Courthouse Old Sumter County Courthouse Location in Sumter County and the state of Florida Location in Sumter County and the state of Florida County Sumter Bushnell is a town/city in Sumter County, Florida, United States.
According to the U.S Enumeration estimates of 2005, the town/city had a populace of 2,119. It is the governmental center of county of Sumter County. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.3 square miles (6.0 km2), all land.
The chief roads through Bushnell include US 301 which runs north and south through the city.
County Road 48 (SR 48 until 2016) and County Road 476 run east and west, and have short concurrency with US 301, as well as each other.
Interstate 75 runs along the edge of Bushnell with Exit 314 dominant to Sumter CR 314.
County Road 475 begins at CR 48 and runs the CSX Wildwood Subdivision, which carried Amtrak's Palmetto until 2004. The Wildwood Subdivision runs along US 301 from north of the Hernando-Sumter County Line, to Bushnell until Route 301 turns onto East Noble Avenue.
From there it runs along the east side of CR 48 until that route turns west onto West Belt Avenue, then follows the east side of CR 475 until it's end at Exit 321 on I-75 at CR 470 in Lake Panasoffkee.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 20.6% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 23.3% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 25.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $26,676, and the median income for a family was $34,063.
About 11.0% of families and 14.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 17.5% of those under age 18 and 13.4% of those age 65 or over.
Sumter County operates Bushnell Annex in Room 201 at 910 North Main Street. Sumter District Schools command posts and South Sumter High School are positioned in Bushnell.
Map of Sumter County, 1932 (University of South Florida) "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Sumter County, Florida.
Bushnell History (Sumter Today) Municipalities and communities of Sumter County, Florida, United States County seat: Bushnell
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