Chiefland, Florida Chiefland, Florida Chiefland City Hall Chiefland City Hall Location in Levy County and the state of Florida Location in Levy County and the state of Florida Chiefland, Florida is positioned in the US Chiefland, Florida - Chiefland, Florida Chiefland is a town/city in Levy County, Florida, United States.
Manatee Springs State Park is positioned 6 miles (10 km) west of town; the crystal-clear water is a "first-magnitude" spring that flows directly into the Suwannee River.
Chiefland is positioned in the northwest corner of the county, where Levy, Dixie and Gilchrist counties adjoin (known as the "Tri-County area").
As expansion in north Florida increased amid the last quarter of the twentieth century, Chiefland became a small-town center for shopping.
There are three incarceration facilities in the area: Cross City Correctional Institution & Work Camp; Lancaster Correctional Institution & Work Camp; and Levy Forestry Camp.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 31.3% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 22.8% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 16.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $17,331, and the median income for a family was $23,750.
Chiefland High School Chiefland has two enhance schools: Chiefland Middle High School, and Chiefland Elementary.
The School Board of Levy County controls their operation and also supervises two charter schools: Nature Coast Middle School and Whispering Winds.
Other schools under the board's jurisdiction are in the town of Bronson, the town/city of Williston, the town/city of Cedar Key, and Yankeetown.
The college presently operates the Levy Center in downtown Chiefland.
The new locale has been designated the Jack Wilkinson Levy Campus with respect to the former high school math teacher's donation of $2.5 million to the campus.
Levy County provides Chiefland with a small-town enhance library.
The Luther Callaway Public Library is a depository library that receives publications from the State of Florida for enhance use.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 16.1 square miles (42 km2), all land. The State of Florida has allowed a 28-bed hospital in Chiefland to serve the needs of Levy County, Dixie County, and Gilchrist County.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Chiefland city, Florida".
Carolyn Cohens Levy County, Arcadia Publishing, 2009.
School Board of Levy County Chiefland High School Chiefland Middle School Chiefland Elementary School Municipalities and communities of Levy County, Florida, United States This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chiefland, Florida.
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