Miccosukee, Florida Explained

Miccosukee
Settlement Type:Census-Designated Place
Coordinates:30.5947°N -84.0414°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Leon County
Unit Pref:US
Elevation Ft:217
Population Total:383
Population As Of:2020
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2805179
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:32309[1]
Area Code:850

Miccosukee is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in northeastern Leon County, Florida, United States. The population was 383 at the 2020 census.[2] It is part of the Tallahassee, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located at the junction of County Road 59 (Veterans Memorial Drive) and County Road 151 (Moccasin Gap Road). Miccosukee was a major center of the Miccosukee tribe, one of the tribes of the developing Seminole nation, during the 18th century.

Geography

Miccosukee, like other unincorporated areas in northern Leon County, is an area of rolling hills dotted with ponds and lakes. The large, swampy Lake Miccosukee borders the eastern edge of the community.

History

The town of Miccosukee or Mikasuki was settled by members of the Miccosukee tribe, a group of Creek origin who had settled in Florida and become part of the developing Seminole nation. The Miccosukee often fought armed battles with white settlers.[citation needed] It was mapped by the British in 1778 and originally called Mikasuki with 60 homes, 28 families, and a town square. Some 70 gunmen protected the town.[citation needed] It was the capital of the short-lived State of Muskogee.

At the time he invaded Spanish Florida in 1818, during the First Seminole War, "Andrew Jackson and his men were stunned by the sheer size of the Miccosukee town. Having been occupied since before the American Revolution, it was a town of long-standing permanence." Jackson burned over 300 homes before departing on April 5, 1818.[3] Whites estimated there were up to 500 warriors, and "the town was the largest in Florida at the time".[4]

In 1831, a U.S. Post Office was built along with schools, churches, and stores. Eventually the area became a center of cotton plantations, as was most of Leon County. Prior to the Civil War Miccosukee had three cotton plantations nearby, Miccosukee Plantation, Ingleside Plantation and Blakely Plantation.

After the Civil War, the area reverted to farms and by 1887, the Florida Central Railroad served Miccosukee. During the 1890s, wealthy industrialists bought large tracts of land for quail hunting plantations or estates removing thousands of acres of land from agricultural production. Miccosukee thrived until the boll weevil infestation of 1918. The Great Depression (1929-1935) destroyed Leon County's agriculture and the railroad pulled out in the mid-1940s.

Demographics

2020 census

Miccosukee racial composition[5]
(NH = Non-Hispanic)!Race!Number!Percentage
White (NH)21054.83%
Black or African American (NH)14938.9%
Asian (NH)30.78%
Some Other Race (NH)20.52%
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH)153.92%
Hispanic or Latino41.04%
Total383
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 383 people, 120 households, and 70 families residing in the CDP.

Historical places

Civil War history

During the Civil War, soldiers from Miccosukee enlisted in Company K, 5th Florida Infantry and Company B, 1st Florida Cavalry. The following soldiers are interred at Runners Cemetery and other locations.

Political

Miccosukee Governmental Representation
Position Name Party

County Commission At-LargeCarolyn Cummings Democrat
County Commission At-Large Nick Maddox Democrat
Commissioner Dist. 4 Brian Welch Democrat
U.S. House Neal DunnRepublican
Florida House Alison Tant Democrat

Community facilities

Groups and organizations

See also

References

  1. Web site: Miccosukee FL ZIP Code. zipdatamaps.com. 2023. February 17, 2023.
  2. Web site: Explore Census Data . 2024-05-13 . data.census.gov.
  3. Book: Cox , Dale . 2013. Savannah. Brininstool. 9780615894058. Milly Francis. The Life & Times of the Creek Pocahontas. Old Kitchen Books.
  4. Book: Cox , Dale . Fort Scott, Fort Hughes & Camp Recovery : three 19th century military sites in Southwest Georgia. 2016. Old Kitchen Books.
  5. Web site: Explore Census Data . 2022-05-18 . data.census.gov.
  6. http://www.leon.k12.fl.us/public/history/Concord.html School history
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20120402075542/http://tlcgis6.co.leon.fl.us/website/Parks_SDE/MiccosukeeCommPark.htm Park
  8. http://www.leoncountyfl.gov/parks/community_centers.asp Leon County parks

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