During November to March, approximately 400 West Indian manatees ( according to the National Wildlife Refuge ) congregate in the rivers in Citrus County, Florida.

A similar thing has happened in the State of Florida, where orchards of citrus trees no longer exist in either Citrus County or Orange County, Fla. because of bad winter freezes in some years.

* Citrus County, Florida-southwest

Crystal River is a city in Citrus County, Florida, United States.

As of 2007 the city police department was replaced by the Citrus County Sheriff's Office.

* Citrus County Visitors & Convention Bureau

Category: Cities in Citrus County, Florida

Citrus County is a county located in the U. S. state of Florida.

Citrus County is sometimes considered a part of the Tampa Bay Area along with the counties to the south.

Citrus County was created in 1887.

The Citrus County area was formerly part of a Hernando County.

The first newspaper of Citrus County was called the Phosphate Times.

In the 1960s Citrus County began to develop and housing developments such as Beverly Hills started to dominate the county.

Citrus County has one local television station that broadcasts County Commission meetings live on the first and third Tuesday of each month.

In addition, Citrus County is serviced by Bay News 9, a news outlet provided by Bright House Networks.

There are two local newspapers, the Citrus County Chronicle and the Homosassa Beacon.

* Citrus County is served by two local airports ; Crystal River Airport and Inverness Airport.

Hernando, together with Pasco, Hillsborough, and Pinellas counties to the south comprise the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area, and along with various combinations of Manatee and Sarasota counties further south, Citrus County to the north, and Polk County to the southeast is often referred to as the Tampa Bay Area.

On January 2, 1887, the Florida State Legislature divided Hernando County into three independent counties: Pasco County to the south, Citrus County to the north, and Hernando County in the middle.

Hawks finished his junior year of high school at Citrus Union High School in Glendora., and was then sent to Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire from 1913 to 1914.

The halftime show, featuring Woody Herman and the Michigan Marching Band along with The Citrus College Singers and Andy Williams, was titled " Happiness Is ".

One ancestor of the grapefruit was the Jamaican sweet orange ( Citrus sinensis ), itself an ancient hybrid of Asian origin ; the other was the Indonesian pomelo ( C. maxima ).

Botanically, it was not distinguished from the pomelo until the 1830s, when it was given the name Citrus paradisi.

Citrus cultivation was affected by the Mediterranean fruit fly and only really developed in 1944.

It was created from portions of Alachua, Hillsborough and Orange Counties and included all of present day Citrus and Pasco Counties.

The other facilities include the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre, Tinker Field, the Florida Citrus Bowl, Harry P. Leu Gardens, and Mennello Museum .. Amway Arena was demolished by implosion on March 25, 2012.

Citrus was an important industry when the county was formed, although a decline followed a freeze in 1895.

The racial makeup of Citrus was 5, 898 ( 54. 3 %) White, 240 ( 2. 2 %) African American, 120 ( 1. 1 %) Native American, 860 ( 7. 9 %) Asian, 4 ( 0. 0 %) Pacific Islander, 3, 302 ( 30. 4 %) from other races, and 442 ( 4. 1 %) from two or more races.

In 1912 several things happened in Yorba Linda: it received its first post office ; the Yorba Linda Citrus Association was founded ; the Southern California Edison Company began providing electricity ; and the first church was constructed.

The racial makeup of Citrus Heights was 66, 856 ( 80. 3 %) White, 2, 751 ( 3. 3 %) African American, 753 ( 0. 9 %) Native American, 2, 714 ( 3. 3 %) Asian ( 1. 2 % Filipino, 0. 4 % Indian, 0. 4 % Chinese, 0. 3 % Japanese, 0. 2 % Vietnamese, 0. 4 % Other ), 363 ( 0. 4 %) Pacific Islander, 5, 348 ( 6. 4 %) from other races, and 4, 516 ( 5. 4 %) from two or more races.

Citrus Springs was developed by the Mackle family, a prominent real estate development family, to be used as a subdivision consisting of over 34, 000 homesties.

Phosphate mining also played a major part in the history of the Citrus County until the end of WWII in which phosphate mining was largely moved overseas.

The first newspaper of Citrus County was called the Phosphate Times.

Citrus Springs features a bike riding trail known as the Withlacoochee State Trail which was converted from the railroad lines built in the early 1900s.

The village was at one time larger than Miami, due to the phosphate mining industry located in Citrus County.

The grapefruit ( Citrus × paradisi ) is a subtropical citrus tree known for its bitter fruit, an 18th-century hybrid first bred in Barbados.

Citrus fruits were among the first products cultivated.

On May 22, 2009, at the Neighborhoods USA ( NUSA ) Conference in Spokane, WA, the Sylvan-Old Auburn Road ( SOAR ) Neighborhood, one of the ten Neighborhood Groups located within the City of Citrus Heights, received first place honors in the Multi-Neighborhood Project Partnerships category for their highly-acclaimed 2008 Senior Health Fair event.

Citrus Hills is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Citrus County, Florida, United States first developed by Gerald Nash and Sam Tamposi.

Chase was also the first president of the Florida Citrus Exchange.

The Florida Citrus Tower, one of the first constructed Florida landmarks, is located in Clermont.

The Florida Citrus Tower, one of the first constructed Florida landmarks, is located in Clermont.

In 1917, the State of Florida established the first off-campus center for the University of Florida in Lake Alfred, the Citrus Experiment Station to study ways of improving citrus growing.

They are named " mock-orange " in reference to their flowers, which in wild species look somewhat similar to those of oranges and lemons ( Citrus ) at first glance, and smell of orange flowers and jasmine ( Jasminum ).

Florida coach Steve Spurrier, speaking to the fact Tennessee occupied that spot three of four years as Florida finished first, famously quipped " You can't spell ' Citrus ' without U-T!

Citrus Bowl: The Citrus Bowl is the first men's home hockey game of the season.

The first three flavors released were Cranberry Citrus, Organic Carrot & Raisin, and Peach Crunch, all three of which are now discontinued.

The very first Rank 1 release was an EP containing " The Citrus Juicer " and " Black Snow ".

One Little Indian Records signed the band in Europe and re-released the band's first album and the follow-up Citrus in 2007.

Carr became the first Wolverine coach to win four straight bowl games, beating Auburn, 31 – 28, in the 2001 Citrus Bowl, after leading Michigan to victories in the 1998 Rose Bowl, 1999 Citrus Bowl, and the 2000 Orange Bowl.

The trial was moved to Miami after officials were unable to seat an impartial jury in Citrus County where the trial was first scheduled to be held.