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Citrus County is a county located on the west central coast of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2010 census, the population was 141,236. Its county seat is Inverness, and its largest community is Homosassa Springs.
Homosassa is a census-designated place (CDP) in Citrus County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,578 at the 2010 census.
Homosassa Springs is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Citrus County, Florida, United States. The population was 13,791 at the 2010 census. Homosassa Springs is the principal city of the Homosassa Springs, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Hulst is a municipality and city in southwestern Netherlands in the east of Zeelandic Flanders.
Homosassa Springs may refer to several places:
The Nature Coast is an informal, unofficial region of the U.S. state of Florida. The broadest definition of the Nature Coast includes the eight counties that abut the Gulf of Mexico along the Big Bend Coast defined by geologists: from west to east, Wakulla, Jefferson, Taylor, Dixie, Levy, Citrus, Hernando, and Pasco counties.
Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park is located near Homosassa Springs, Florida, in the United States. The park is one of the best places in the state to view manatees. Visitors can get close to the animals on a floating observatory. Black bears, bobcats, white-tailed deer, American alligators, and river otters can also been seen in the park. The park is also home to the hippopotamus Lu, famously known for his performances in many movies for the past 40 years. The park is officially named Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park in honor of Elmyra Felburn Schiller, a benefactor of the Florida state park system.
Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park is a Florida State Park located in Homosassa, off U.S. 19. It contains the ruins of a forced-labor farm owned by David Levy Yulee. Yulee was an enslaver and a delegate of the Florida Territorial Legislative Council. After Florida became a state, he was elected by the legislature in 1845 to the United States Senate, becoming the first American of Jewish heritage to serve there. After Florida seceded from the Union, Yulee served in the Confederate Congress. He is credited with having developed a network of railroads that tremendously boosted the state's economy.
Homosassa River is a 7.7-mile-long (12.4 km) river in Citrus County, Florida, in the western part of the state. Its headwaters are the Homosassa Springs, and from there it flows west into the Gulf of Mexico. The river is home to common bottlenose dolphins, West Indian manatees, alligator snapping turtles, nine-banded armadillos, snakes, birds, eastern box turtles, oysters, raccoons, American alligators, Virginia opossums, North American river otters and many species of both freshwater and saltwater fish. The Homosassa River is an estuary, which means that as it moves inland, it changes from salt water to fresh very gradually, and the river is brackish. The river is good for canoeing and kayaking.
Johan Willem van Hulst was a Dutch school director, university professor, author, politician and chess player. In 1943, with the help of the Dutch resistance and students of the nearby University of Amsterdam, he was instrumental in saving over 600 Jewish children from the nursery of the Hollandsche Schouwburg who were destined for deportation to Nazi concentration camps. For his humanitarian actions he received the Yad Vashem distinction Righteous Among the Nations from the State of Israel in 1973.
The Epipaschiinae are a subfamily of snout moths. Almost 600 species are known today, which are found mainly in the tropics and subtropics. Some occur in temperate regions, but the subfamily is apparently completely absent from Europe, at least as native species. A few Epipaschiinae are crop pests that may occasionally become economically significant.
Arivaca is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Jay C. Shaffer in 1968.
Arivaca albidella is a species of snout moth described by George Duryea Hulst in 1900. It is found in the Southwestern United States.
Atascosa is a genus of snout moths. It was described by George Duryea Hulst in 1890 and is known from the US state of Texas and Colombia.
Coenochroa is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Ragonot, in 1887.
Homosassa ella is a species of snout moth. It was described by George Duryea Hulst in 1887. It is found in North America, including Florida, Oklahoma, South Carolina and West Virginia.
Homosassa blanchardi is a species of snout moth in the genus Homosassa. It was described by Jay C. Shaffer in 1976. It was described from the US state of Texas.
Homosassa incudella is a species of snout moth in the genus Homosassa. It was described by Jay C. Shaffer in 1968. It was described from Oklahoma.
Homosassa platella is a species of snout moth in the genus Homosassa. It was described by Jay C. Shaffer in 1968. It is found in North America, including Florida and Mississippi.
Peoria is a genus of moths of the snout moth family (Pyralidae). The genus was erected by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1887.
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