Lipona Plantation

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Lipona Plantation was a cotton plantation of 900 acres (3.6 km2) in Jefferson County, Florida, United States established by Prince Achille Murat. The name is a anagram of Napoli, which Murat was the former prince of. [1]

Jefferson County, Florida County in Florida, United States

Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,761. Its county seat is Monticello.

Florida State of the United States of America

Florida is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States. The state is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida. Florida is the 22nd-most extensive, the 3rd-most populous, and the 8th-most densely populated of the U.S. states. Jacksonville is the most populous municipality in the state and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. The Miami metropolitan area is Florida's most populous urban area. Tallahassee is the state's capital.

Prince Achille Murat Eldest son of the King of Naples during the First French Empire, and Mayor of Tallahassee, Florida

Charles Louis Napoleon Achille Murat was the eldest son of Joachim Murat, the brother-in-law of Napoleon who was appointed King of Naples during the First French Empire. After his father was deposed and executed by his own subjects, Achille Murat went into exile in Austria with his siblings and mother.

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Plantation Specifics

The Jefferson County Florida 1860 Agricultural Census shows that Lipona Plantation had the following:

See also

List of geographic names derived from anagrams and ananyms

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References

  1. ↑ Morris, Allan (1995). Florida Place Names: Alachua to Zolfo Springs. Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press, Inc. ISBN   1-56164-084-0.

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