Citrus County, Florida Genealogy

United States   Florida    Citrus County

Guide to Citrus County Florida ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
111 W Main Street Iverness, FL 34450 Phone: 352.637.9470

Office of Historical Resources has marriage records 1887-1945, Cemetery, probate, land and court records from 1887 and military discharge records 1919-1969; County Health Department has birth and death records

Parent County
1887--Citrus County created 2 June 1887 from the northern most part of Hernando County. The original county seat was Mannfield and it was not ever intended to be the permanent county seat. About 16 months later, the citizens decided to make the town of Inverness the county seat as it was centrally located within the county. Ironically, the Mannfield Town clerk suddenly moved the records in the middle of the night a few days before the scheduled move was to take place.

Currently all that is left of Mannfield is the rubble of a few house foundations and a small cemetery. County seat: Inverness

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Florida county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Florida County Boundary Maps" (1821-1997) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
For a list of record loss in Florida counties see: Florida Counties with Burned Courthouses

Incorporated

 * Crystal River
 * Inverness (county seat)

Unincorporated

 * Beverly Hills
 * Black Diamond
 * Chassahowitzka
 * Citrus Hills
 * Citrus Springs
 * Dunnellon
 * Floral City
 * Hernando
 * Holder
 * Homosassa Springs
 * Homosassa
 * Inglis
 * Inverness Highlands North
 * Inverness Highlands South
 * Lecanto
 * Meadowcrest
 * Oak Hill
 * Pine Ridge
 * Pineola
 * Pleassant Grove
 * Red Level
 * Sugarmill Woods

Former towns

 * Mannfield (original county seat, now a ghost town)
 * Orleans
 * Stage Pond (Cemetery still remains)
 * Arlington
 * Fairmount (town site is now Meadowcrest Industrial Park)

Neighboring Counties

 * Hernando
 * Levy
 * Marion
 * Sumter

Cemeteries
Citrus County Cemeteries at Citrus County FLGenWeb

USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project


 * Stage Pond Cemetery, Floral City BillionGraves

Court
Court Records Inventory

Maps

 * Maps of Florida (1821-1997)
 * Family Maps of Citrus County, Florida (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Marriage

 * 1887-1917 - Citrus County Marriage Books 1 and 2 Index 1887-1917. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1917-1939 - Citrus County Marriage Books 3 and 4 Index 1917-1939. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Societies and Libraries

 * List of Florida Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies

Family History Centers

 * Lecanto Florida Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Citrus County, FL History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Florida Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Florida Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * The Citrus County FLGenWeb Project; a member of The FLGenWeb Project, an affiliate of the USGenWeb Project
 * USGenWeb Project May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project
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 * Citrus County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Citrus County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.