Ponce de Leon
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town in Holmes County, Florida, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- County
- Holmes
- Settled
- c. 1830
- Named after
- Juan Ponce de León
- Type
- Mayor-Council
- Mayor
- Shane Busby
- Councilmembers
- Ashley Johnson, Laura Johnson, William Glenister, Marrilyn Haney, Kimberly Mason, and, Johnny Sutton
- Town clerk
- Jessica Harris
- Town attorney
- Lyndia P. Spears
- Total
- 5.00 sq mi (12.95 km )
- Land
- 4.96 sq mi (12.85 km )
- Water
- 0.039 sq mi (0.10 km )
- Elevation
- 62 ft (19 m)
- Density
- 101.6/sq mi (39.23/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 12-58175
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Ponce de Leon
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Holmes County
- Population
- 504
- Area
- 12.93323
- Elevation
- 19
- Official website
- www.poncedeleonfl.com
- Image
- Ponce de Leon town hall01.jpg
- Households
- 225
- Dialing code
- 850
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- Commons category
- Ponce de Leon, Florida
- postal code
- 32455
- water as percent of area
- 0.7763
- per capita income
- 21682
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Encyclopedic overview
Ponce de Leon (/ˌpɒns də ˈliːən/ PONSS də LEE-ən) is a town in Holmes County, Florida, United States. The Town of Ponce de Leon was named after Spanish explorer, Juan Ponce de León. It is part of the Florida Panhandle in North Florida. The population was 504 at the 2020 census, down from 598 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ponce de Leon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.