Micanopy ( ) is a town in Alachua County, Florida, United States.

The old town of Micanopy is a historic district, and contains a number of antique stores, as well as a large used book store and a couple of restaurants.

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The Town of Micanopy is served by the School Board of Alachua County.

Micanopy is mentioned in the John Anderson song " Seminole Wind " from the album Seminole Wind.

* Cotton States newspaper that serves Micanopy, Florida is available in full-text with images in Florida Digital Newspaper Library

Paynes Prairie is a Florida State Park, encompassing a savanna south of Gainesville, Florida, in Micanopy.

The park is located at 100 Savannah Blvd., Micanopy, FL 32667.

Micanopy was the first distinct United States town in Florida, with settlement beginning after Spain ceded the Florida territory in 1821.

Some of the bloodiest battles of that war took place along the road southwest from Fort Micanopy to Fort Wacahoota, just inside modern Alachua County.

Image: Micanopy Paynes Prairie pano01. jpg | Panorama view from the observation tower.

Chief Micanopy did not live in this village, he lived about 60 miles south in present-day Sumter County ; in 1821 when the territorial village was developed, Miccosukees lived in the immediate area.

It's thought that " The naming of the company town after Micanopy was an early effort to appease the chief and acknowledge his original authority over the land and did not indicate his actual presence in the town itself.

" Both Fort Defiance ( 1835 – 1836 ) and Fort Micanopy ( 1837 – 1843 ) were located here during the Second Seminole War.

Noted residents include the late zoologist and author Archie Carr and his conservationist wife, Marjorie Harris Carr, who lived for many years at their home at Wewa Pond just outside Micanopy.

Micanopy hosts a large arts festival every autumn featuring many local ( and distant ) artists.

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Image: Micanopy Hist Dist Herlong02. jpg | Herlong House, now a bed and breakfast

Image: Micanopy Hist Dist Simonton02. jpg | Simonton House

Image: Micanopy Hist Dist Church01b. jpg | Presbyterian Church, now Episcopal Church of the Mediator.

Image: Micanopy Hist Dist Church02a. jpg | Old Baptist Church, now a private house.

* Doc Hollywood, filmed in Micanopy.

After completing his sixth feature film, Sidney Lumet's Running on Empty ( 1988 ) the family made their last move to Micanopy, Florida, near Gainesville, Florida in 1987.

He exercised a great deal of influence on Micanopy, the highest-ranking chief of the Seminole.

Five of the most important of the Seminole chiefs, including Micanopy of the Alachua Seminoles, did not agree to the move.

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