Lafayette County, Florida

Founding: 1856
Parent county: Madison

Namesake: The Marquis de Lafayette, Continental Army general
Seat: New Troy (1857–1893); Mayo (1893–)

Land area: 543 square miles

Population (2020): 8,226

Population (historic): 2,068 (1860); 2,441 (1880); 4,987 (1900); 4,361 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860; 1870–1910; 1930s; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: One town; one CDP

National Register listings: 0

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 236 (7.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 17.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 0.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 33.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 41.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $480
Average outbuilding value (1930): $217
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 739
Average farm size (1920): 67.5 acres
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Mayo

Namesake: James Mayo, Confederate Army captain

Founding: 1874 (platting); 1881 (post office); 1903 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,055

Population (historic): 578 (1910); 555 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1910; 1920–1940; 1950–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 48 (9.9%)
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