Historic Citrus County Courthouse Historic Citrus County Courthouse Location in Citrus County and the state of Florida Location in Citrus County and the state of Florida County Citrus Inverness is a town/city in Citrus County, Florida, United States.
As of the 2010 census, the populace was 7,210. It is the governmental center of county of Citrus County and is home to the Citrus County Courthouse and near the 10,950-acre (4,430 ha) Flying Eagle Preserve.
Inverness is positioned in easterly Citrus County, on the shore of the connected Tsala Apopka and Henderson lakes.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 7.7 square miles (19.9 km2), of which 7.6 square miles (19.7 km2) is territory and 0.08 square miles (0.2 km2), or 1.01%, is water. Within the town/city are 330 acres (130 ha) of territory reserved for passive and active park usage.
The town/city of Inverness was originally titled "Tompkinsville".
Not many years later, the town of Tompkinsville was sold to a firm in Jacksonville, and the name was changed to "Inverness". According to the late historian Mary Mc - Rae of Homosassa, Inverness got its name from a lonely Scotsman, far away from his home, who gazed upon the blue waters of the Native American-named Tsala Apopka Lake and thought the region looked like the headlands and lochs of Inverness in Scotland.
Inver is a Gaelic word meaning "mouth of the river", and through the Scottish town/city flows the River Ness, originating from Loch Ness.
Since the Florida town/city lies at the foot of one of the chain of lakes in Citrus County, Inverness seemed an appropriate name.
Since 1995, Inverness has been recognized as a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation and the US Forest Service.
In 2009, Inverness was titled "City of the Year" by the Forty and Eight, a nationwide veterans' organization.
Inverness Airport is positioned 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the town/city limits, next to the Citrus County Speedway.
The Citrus County Sheriff's Office's aviation unit operates from this airport.
Route 41 is the chief north-south road through Inverness, dominant north 17 miles (27 km) to Dunnellon and south 21 miles (34 km) to Brooksville.
The chief east-west road is State Road 44, dominant west 17 miles (27 km) to Crystal River and east 15 miles (24 km) to Interstate 75 near Wildwood.
Other county roads include County Road 581 and County Road 470.
Inverness is home to the Lakes Region Library, which is part of the Citrus County Library System.
Other parks in Inverness include Wallace Brooks Park, Whispering Pines Park, the Henderson Lake boat ramps, and Fort Cooper State Park, just south of the city.
The town/city is served by Citrus County Schools. Residents are divided between Inverness Elementary, Pleasant Grove Elementary, and Hernando Elementary. All inhabitants are zoned to Inverness Middle School, and Citrus High School. a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Inverness city, Florida".
Back Home: A History of Citrus County, Florida.
Back Home: A History of Citrus County, Florida.
City of Inverness.
"Citrus County Elementary School Attendance Boundaries." Citrus County Schools.
"Citrus County Middle School Attendance Boundaries." Citrus County Schools.
"Citrus County High School Attendance Boundaries." Citrus County Schools.
Back Home: A History of Citrus County, Florida.
Citrus County Chronicle, August 1, 1998.
Municipalities and communities of Citrus County, Florida, United States County seat: Inverness Beverly Hills Black Diamond Citrus Hills Citrus Springs Floral City Hernando Homosassa Homosassa Springs Inverness Highlands North Inverness Highlands South Lecanto Pine Ridge Sugarmill Woods
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