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Palatka
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county seat of Putnam County, Florida, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- County
- Putnam
- Incorporated
- January 8, 1853
- Type
- Commission-Manager
- Total
- 9.76 sq mi (25.27 km )
- Land
- 9.76 sq mi (25.27 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km ) 7.70%
- Micropolitan
- 827 sq mi (2,142 km )
- Elevation
- 23 ft (7.0 m)
- Density
- 1,070.6/sq mi (413.36/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( EDT )
- Zip codes
- 32177-32178
- Fips code
- 12-53875
- Website
- palatka-fl.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Palatka
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Putnam County
- Population
- 10446
- Area
- 23.579273
- Elevation
- 5
- Capital of
- Putnam County
- Shares border with
- Green Cove Springs
- Official website
- palatka-fl.gov
- Image
- PalatkaFLCollection1.png
- Households
- 4419
- Dialing code
- 386
Show 10 more facts
- P8168
- 511 BC
- Commons category
- Palatka, Florida
- topic's main category
- Category:Palatka, Florida
- twinned administrative body
- Palatka
- inception
- 1821-00-00
- native label
- Palatka
- postal code
- 32178
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Palatka, Florida
- water as percent of area
- 6.119
- per capita income
- 17280
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Palatka (/pəˈlætkə/ ) is a city in and the county seat of Putnam County, Florida, United States. Palatka is the principal city of the Palatka Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is home to 72,893 residents. The Palatka micropolitan area is included in the Jacksonville–Kingsland–Palatka, FL-GA Combined Statistical Area.
The city is the location of the St. Johns River State College, St. Johns River Water Management District Headquarters, and Ravine Gardens State Park. Local festivals include the Florida Azalea Festival and the Blue Crab Festival. The population was 10,446 at the 2020 census, down from 10,558 at the 2010 census.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Palatka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.