Editing High Springs, Florida

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'''High Springs''' is a city in [[Alachua County, Florida|Alachua County]], [[Florida]], United States. It is the fourth-largest city in [[Alachua County, Florida|Alachua County]] and seventh-largest in [[North Central Florida]]. The population was 6,215 at the 2020 census, up from 5,350 at the 2010 census.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: High Springs city, Florida |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/highspringscityflorida/HSD410221 |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=www.census.gov |language=en}}</ref> It is part of the [[Gainesville, Florida]] [[Gainesville metropolitan area, Florida|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==

The present-day area of High Springs was first settled on a permanent basis by English-speaking people during the late 1830s. One of the earliest settlements in the vicinity was at Crockett Springs, located about three miles east of present-day High Springs. Settlers who were living there during the 1840s included Fernando Underwood and Marshal Blanton.

A discernible town began to develop in the early 1880s after the Savannah, Florida & Western Railway was constructed and several phosphate mines were established. A railroad station and a post office called Santaffey were established in 1884. The post office was renamed Santa Fe a few months later, then Orion the next year, and in 1888 it became High Springs, and the town was officially incorporated in 1892.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://growth-management.alachua.fl.us/historic/historic_commission/historictowns/highspringshist.htm |title=History of High Springs |access-date=2007-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927014838/http://growth-management.alachua.fl.us/historic/historic_commission/historictowns/highspringshist.htm |archive-date=2007-09-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The town, now a city, had a population over 1,500 at the end of the 1890s and was the second largest by population in the county.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Historic Alachua County and old Gainesville : a tour guide to the past|last=Pickard|first=John B.|date=2001|publisher=Alachua Press|isbn=0967278864|location=Gainesville, FL|oclc=50765140}}</ref>

{{wide image|BusinessDistrictHighSpringsFL.jpg|550px|Business district in 1916|alt=}}

==Geography==

High Springs is located at {{Coord|28|49|N|82|36|W|type:city}} (29.8245, –82.5953).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|57.1|km2|order=flip}}, of which  {{convert|56.9|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.2|km2|order=flip}} (0.36%) is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): High Springs city, Florida |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1230525 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212174942/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1230525 |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |access-date=May 6, 2013 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}</ref>

===Climate===

High Springs has a [[humid subtropical climate]] (Cfa).

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|location = High Springs, Florida, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1944&ndash;2015
|single line = Y

|Jan record high F = 87
|Feb record high F = 89
|Mar record high F = 97
|Apr record high F = 96
|May record high F = 104
|Jun record high F = 104
|Jul record high F = 107
|Aug record high F = 104
|Sep record high F = 99
|Oct record high F = 99
|Nov record high F = 95
|Dec record high F = 89

|Jan avg record high F = 80.3
|Feb avg record high F = 82.9
|Mar avg record high F = 87.0
|Apr avg record high F = 91.3
|May avg record high F = 95.4
|Jun avg record high F = 97.7
|Jul avg record high F = 97.9
|Aug avg record high F = 97.2
|Sep avg record high F = 95.0
|Oct avg record high F = 91.2
|Nov avg record high F = 85.7
|Dec avg record high F = 82.1
|year avg record high F = 99.2

| Jan high F = 66.7
| Feb high F = 70.0
| Mar high F = 76.1
| Apr high F = 82.0
| May high F = 87.8
| Jun high F = 90.4
| Jul high F = 91.8
| Aug high F = 90.8
| Sep high F = 88.5
| Oct high F = 82.2
| Nov high F = 75.2
| Dec high F = 69.1
|year high F = 80.9
|Jan mean F = 53.2
|Feb mean F = 56.0
|Mar mean F = 61.3
|Apr mean F = 67.2
|May mean F = 74.9
|Jun mean F = 79.7
|Jul mean F = 81.1
|Aug mean F = 81.0
|Sep mean F = 78.1
|Oct mean F = 69.9
|Nov mean F = 61.7
|Dec mean F = 55.5
|year mean F = 68.3
| Jan low F = 39.8
| Feb low F = 41.9
| Mar low F = 46.5
| Apr low F = 52.4
| May low F = 61.9
| Jun low F = 68.9
| Jul low F = 70.4
| Aug low F = 71.1
| Sep low F = 67.7
| Oct low F = 57.7
| Nov low F = 48.2
| Dec low F = 41.8
|year low F = 55.7

|Jan avg record low F = 22.1
|Feb avg record low F = 25.5
|Mar avg record low F = 30.9
|Apr avg record low F = 37.6
|May avg record low F = 49.1
|Jun avg record low F = 61.6
|Jul avg record low F = 65.4
|Aug avg record low F = 65.8
|Sep avg record low F = 56.2
|Oct avg record low F = 40.8
|Nov avg record low F = 30.8
|Dec avg record low F = 24.4
|year avg record low F = 19.0

|Jan record low F = 9
|Feb record low F = 17
|Mar record low F = 20
|Apr record low F = 31
|May record low F = 40
|Jun record low F = 44
|Jul record low F = 55
|Aug record low F = 58
|Sep record low F = 37
|Oct record low F = 29
|Nov record low F = 15
|Dec record low F = 8

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| Jan precipitation inch = 3.68
| Feb precipitation inch = 3.14
| Mar precipitation inch = 3.90
| Apr precipitation inch = 2.77
| May precipitation inch = 3.43
| Jun precipitation inch = 6.74
| Jul precipitation inch = 7.10
| Aug precipitation inch = 7.19
| Sep precipitation inch = 5.45
| Oct precipitation inch = 3.46
| Nov precipitation inch = 2.18
| Dec precipitation inch = 2.64
|year precipitation inch = 51.68
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| Jan precipitation days = 8.6
| Feb precipitation days = 8.1
| Mar precipitation days = 8.0
| Apr precipitation days = 5.7
| May precipitation days = 7.0
| Jun precipitation days = 13.9
| Jul precipitation days = 14.6
| Aug precipitation days = 15.8
| Sep precipitation days = 10.3
| Oct precipitation days = 6.9
| Nov precipitation days = 5.9
| Dec precipitation days = 7.5
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==Demographics==

{{US Census population
|1900= 1562
|1910= 1468
|1920= 1719
|1930= 1864
|1940= 2010
|1950= 2088
|1960= 2329
|1970= 2787
|1980= 2491
|1990= 3144
|2000= 3863
|2010= 5350
|2020= 6215
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2010 and 2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''High Springs racial composition'''<br> (Hispanics excluded from racial categories)<br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')<br>
!Race
!Pop 2010<ref>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - High Springs city, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=High+Springs+city;+Florida+&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - High Springs city, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=High+Springs+city;+Florida+&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|4,116
|4,503
|76.93%
|72.45%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|730
|728
|13.64%
|11.71%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|23
|16
|0.43%
|0.26%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|38
|44
|0.71%
|0.71%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] or [[Native Hawaiian]] (NH)
|6
|0
|0.11%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Other races (U.S. Census)|Some other race]] (NH)
|8
|35
|0.15%
|0.56%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races/Multiracial]] (NH)
|76
|284
|1.42%
|4.57%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|353
|605
|6.60%
|9.73%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''5,350'''
|'''6,215'''
|
|
|-
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 6,215 people, 1,829 households, and 1,424 families residing in the city.<ref>{{Cite web|title=S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2020: High Springs city, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=High+Springs+city;+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2020.S1101|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

As of the [[2010 United States census]], there were 5,350 people, 1,781 households, and 1,502 families residing in the city.<ref>{{Cite web|title=S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES - 2010: High Springs city, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=High+Springs+city;+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2010.S1101|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 3,863 people, 1,539 households, and 1,063 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|209.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,668 housing units at an average density of {{convert|90.4|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the city was 76.42% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 21.18% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.39% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.34% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.31% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.37% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.

In 2000, there were 1,539 households, out of which 32.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.9% were non-families. 25.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.98.

In 2000, in the city, the population was spread out, with 25.4% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.4 males.

In 2000, the median income for a household in the city was $34,354, and the median income for a family was $43,779. Males had a median income of $32,959 versus $22,109 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $15,919. About 9.5% of families and 12.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 17.8% of those under age 18 and 9.6% of those age 65 or over. On many days during the week, hundreds of cars are lined up in the city's downtown for a free food distribution.

==Education==

The [[School Board of Alachua County]] operates a [[K-8 school|kindergarten through eighth grade school]], the [[High Springs Community School]], in High Springs. Ninth through twelfth grade students attend [[Santa Fe High School (Alachua, Florida)|Santa Fe High School]] in the adjoining city of [[Alachua, Florida|Alachua]].<ref>[http://www.sbac.edu/schoolscenters.htm Alachua County Public Schools: Schools and Centers] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111217024532/http://www.sbac.edu/schoolscenters.htm |date=2011-12-17 }}</ref>

== Library ==
The [[Alachua County Library District]] operates a branch library on NW 1st Avenue in downtown, High Springs. The library is open 7 days a week, provides regular programming for all ages, and circulates print books, audiobooks, music CDs, and DVDs. Free computer and internet access is available to all patrons.<ref>[http://www.aclib.us/high-springs Alachua County Library District: High Springs]</ref>

In 1958, the North Florida Telephone Company offered the loan of its vacant building to the High Springs Parent-Teacher Association for the creation of the first Alachua County branch library located outside of Gainesville. The High Springs Library opened at this location the following year. After years of community fund raising, ground was broken in 1976 for a new 3,000 sq. ft. library building. The second and current library location opened its doors on January 3, 1977. Children from High Springs formed a block-long human chain to move the book collection from the old library to the new one.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1047&context=flstud_pub|title = Alachua County Library District - Florida Library History Project|date = 1 January 1990|access-date = 10 November 2015|website = University of South Florida Scholar Commons|publisher = Digital Collection - Florida Studies Center Publications}}</ref>

== Notable People ==

* [[Wesley C. Skiles|Wes Skiles]], cave diving explorer and cinematographer
* [[Charlie Huggins]], former President of the [[Alaska Senate|Alaska State Senate]]
* [[Ellis Amburn]], book editor and biographer
* [[Myril Hoag]], former [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] All-Star

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://highsprings.us/ City of High Springs official website]
*[http://www.highsprings.com/ High Springs Chamber of Commerce]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100813214519/http://highspringsblog.com/ High Springs Blog] – The Official Site of Commissioner Eric May
*[http://www.aclib.us/index.php?site_area=about_the_library&page=branches&sub_page=05 High Springs Branch Library]
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