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Miccosukee is a small unincorporated community in northeastern Leon County, Florida, United States. 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.

Miccosukee
Unincorporated community
Post office
Coordinates: 30°35′41″N 84°02′29″W
Country United States
State Florida
CountyLeon County

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


Settlement of Miccosukee, Leon County, Florida.
Settlement of Miccosukee, Leon County, Florida.

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. 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. It was the capital of the short-lived State of Muskogee.

At the time he visited on his voyage of destruction in 1818 (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.[1]: 91–92  Whites estimated there were up to 500 warriors, and "the town was the largest in Florida at the time".[2]: 183 

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[citation needed] and the railroad pulled out in the mid-1940s.


Demographics



2020 census


Miccosukee racial composition[3]
(NH = Non-Hispanic)[lower-alpha 1]
Race Number Percentage
White (NH) 210 54.83%
Black or African American (NH) 149 38.9%
Asian (NH) 3 0.78%
Some Other Race (NH) 2 0.52%
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) 15 3.92%
Hispanic or Latino 4 1.04%
Total 383

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[where?] and other locations.


Political


Miccosukee Governmental Representation
PositionNameParty
County Commission At-LargeMary Ann LindleyDemocrat
County Commission At-LargeNick MaddoxDemocrat
Commissioner Dist. 4Bryan DeslogeRepublican
U.S. HouseAl LawsonDemocrat
Florida HouseMichelle VasilindaDemocrat
Concord School on Cromartie Road.
Concord School on Cromartie Road.
Miccosukee Community Center
Miccosukee Community Center

Community Facilities


Miccosukee Volunteer Fire Department on Cromartie Road.
Miccosukee Volunteer Fire Department on Cromartie Road.

Groups and organizations



See also



References


  1. Cox, Dale (2013). Brininstool, Savannah (ed.). Milly Francis. The Life & Times of the Creek Pocahontas. ISBN 9780615894058.
  2. Cox, Dale (2016). Fort Scott, Fort Hughes & Camp Recovery : three 19th century military sites in Southwest Georgia. Old Kitchen Books.
  3. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  4. https://www.census.gov/ [not specific enough to verify]
  5. "About the Hispanic Population and its Origin". www.census.gov. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  1. Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.[4][5]




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