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Taylor County
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county in Florida, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- Founded
- December 23, 1856
- Named after
- Zachary Taylor
- Seat
- Perry
- Largest city
- Perry
- Total
- 1,232 sq mi (3,190 km )
- Land
- 1,043 sq mi (2,700 km )
- Water
- 189 sq mi (490 km ) 15.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 21,210
- Density
- 20.90/sq mi (8.069/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .taylorcountygov .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Zachary Taylor
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Florida
- Contains
- Perry
- Capital
- Perry
- Population
- 21796
- Area
- 3191
- Shares border with
- Jefferson County
- Official website
- www.taylorcountygov.com
- Image
- Perry FL crths pano01.jpg
- Households
- 7172
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- Category:Taylor County, Florida
- Commons category
- Taylor County, Florida
- water as percent of area
- 15.3
- native label
- Taylor County
- different from
- Taylor County
- inception
- 1856-12-23
- per capita income
- 19492
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Encyclopedic overview
Taylor County is a county located in the Big Bend region in the northern part of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,796. Its county seat is Perry. The county hosts the annual Florida Forest Festival and has been long known as the "Tree Capital of the South" since a 1965 designation from then-Governor W. Haydon Burns.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Taylor County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.