Editing Dunnellon, Florida (section)

==History==
[[File:Dunnellon Historic Marker01.jpg|175px|left|thumb|Plaque marking the discovery of phosphate in Dunnellon]]
Dunnellon was founded in 1887,<ref name=settled/> two years before the 1889 discovery of [[phosphate]] in the area. It was officially incorporated as a city in 1891.<ref name=DunnInc/> The subsequent mining boom, the first of its kind in Florida, lasted until the early 1910s.<ref>{{cite book
 | last = Dinkins
 | first = J. Lester
 | title = Dunnellon: Boomtown of the 1890s
 | year = 1969
 | publisher = Great Outdoors Publishing Co.
 | isbn = 0-8200-1016-2
 | pages = 72
 }}
</ref><ref name=":0">{{Citation |last1=Volk |first1=Michael |title=Florida Land Use and Land Cover Change in the Past 100 Years |date=2017-11-29 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.17125/fci2017.ch02 |work=Florida’s Climate: Changes, Variations, & Impacts |publisher=Florida Climate Institute |access-date=2023-01-02 |last2=Hoctor |first2=Thomas |last3=Nettles |first3=Belinda |last4=Hilsenbeck |first4=Richard |last5=Putz |first5=Francis|doi=10.17125/fci2017.ch02 |isbn=9781979091046 |doi-access=free }}</ref> The original mining took place in and around the [[Rainbow River]] (then called Blue Run,) using the river's natural flow to transport phosphates. One of the original mining pits is now called the 'Blue Cove' subdivision.<ref name=settled>{{Cite web|url=https://www.waggenerproperties.com/dunnellon-community.php|title=History of Dunnellon|access-date=2021-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901093706/https://www.waggenerproperties.com/dunnellon-community.php|archive-date=2021-09-01|url-status=live}}</ref> Phosphate industry operations began to shift south to the Polk County area, and by the 1960s, Dunnellon's last mine closed. Dunnellon survived the bust period, unlike other nearby phosphate towns including Romeo, LeRoy, Brewster, and Parkersburg.<ref name=":0" />

Areas in and around Dunnellon served as filming locations for the 2001 horror film ''[[Jeepers Creepers (2001 film)|Jeepers Creepers]]'', with a great deal of location work on Tiger Trail (a.k.a. High School Road), the road to Dunnellon High School, officially known as SW 180th Avenue Rd., just outside [[Rainbow Springs State Park]].