Dixie County, Florida

Founding: 1921
Parent county: Lafayette

Namesake: A nickname for the southern United States
Seat: Cross City (1921–)

Land area: 705 square miles

Population (2020): 16,759

Population (historic): 6,419 (1930); 7,018 (1940)

Periods of population growth: pre-1930–1940; 1950–2020

Subdivisions: Three towns

National Register listings: Two

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 321 (3.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 16%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 38.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 40%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $449
Average outbuilding value (1930): $173
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms
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Cross City

Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps a reference to a railroad crossing

Founding: 1908 (post office); 1924 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,689

Population (historic): 1,071 (1930); 1,869 (1940)

Periods of population growth: pre-1930–1940; 1950–1970
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 74 (6.4%)

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