30°01′53″N 84°23′37″W / 30.031278°N 84.393539°W / 30.031278; -84.393539

Panacea, Florida
Unincorporated community
Panacea, Florida is located in Florida
Panacea, Florida
Panacea, Florida
Location in Wakulla County and the state of Florida.
Coordinates: 30°01′53″N 84°23′37″W / 30.03139°N 84.39361°W / 30.03139; -84.39361
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountiesWakulla
Founded1895[2]
Elevation
7 ft (2 m)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total816[1]
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
32346[3]
Area code850
Websitewww.visitpanacea.com

Panacea is an unincorporated community in Wakulla County, Florida, United States.[4] The mule drawn and wooden railed Panacea Team brought tourists from Sopchoppy. It is home to Gulf Specimen Marine Lab and its nature center.[5][6]

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.[7][8] During the Civil War a large plant here supplied salt for much of western Florida.[9] Most of the development in the area was destroyed by a hurricane in 1928.[10]

Demographics

2020 census

Panacea racial composition[11]
(NH = Non-Hispanic)[a]
Race Number Percentage
White (NH) 695 94.56%
Black or African American (NH) 9 1.22%
Native American or Alaska Native (NH) 2 0.27%
Asian (NH) 1 0.14%
Some Other Race (NH) 1 0.14%
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) 22 2.99%
Hispanic or Latino 5 0.68%
Total 735

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 735 people, 284 households, and 199 families residing in the CDP.

Transportation

The Wakulla County Airport is located approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Panacea. It is the only airport in Wakulla County.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Current Panacea, Florida Population, Demographics and stats in 2020, 2019".
  2. ^ https://www.floridamemory.com/blog/tag/panacea/[bare URL]
  3. ^ "Panacea FL ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  4. ^ "Panacea, Florida". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  5. ^ https://www.tallahassee.com/story/life/2020/05/30/pure-stubbornness-founder-wont-give-up-gulf-specimen-marine-lab/5244716002/
  6. ^ https://gulfspecimen.org/education/
  7. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1939), Florida. A Guide to the Southernmost State, New York: Oxford University Press, p. 487
  8. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 97.
  9. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1939), Florida. A Guide to the Southernmost State, New York: Oxford University Press, p. 487
  10. ^ "Panacea, FL - Panacea, Florida Map & Directions - MapQuest".
  11. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  12. ^ "About the Hispanic Population and its Origin". www.census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  13. ^ Wakulla County Airport
  1. ^ Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.[12]

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