Fun facts about Florida

Since I have become a Floridian I thought I would share some facts about my new state.

• In 1513, Ponce de Leon land in Florida and names it La Florida ("Flowery Land") (I haven't actually seen any flowers yet)
• Florida became the 27th state on March 3, 1845
• It's nicknamed the "Sunshine State" (So far there has just been a lot of rain, it's still hurricane season so we're still in the rainy season) 
• Florida produces about 75% of the U.S. oranges and accounts for about 40% of the world's orangejuce supply. 

 

Not the tallest tree

• Highest natural point is 345 feet near Lakewood in Walton County (to put that in some perspective, the tallest tree in the world is a Coast Redwood at approximately 379 feet, this tree is taller than the highest point in Florida. Poor Florida, you just can't compete). 
• Florida is the 4th largest state with almost 19 million residents.
• The Florida population of over 65 in 2003 was 2,897,383, 17%  of the total population.
• As of 2009 there were believed to be about 1.3 million wild alligators in Florida.

I sadly can't give you any fun facts about where I am living because so far I haven't been able to find any. So here's what I do know.

Lecanto where I'm actually living is a suburb of Beverly Hills, FL and has a population of 5,161.

I am working in Floral City with a population of 4,989. 

Inverness, FL is the county seat of Citrus County and has a population of 7,210 (Fun Fact: Inverness has approximately 42 churches, welcome to the Bible Belt!)