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Lafayette County

county in Florida, United States
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Summary

Lafayette County is a county of Florida[1]. It draws 447 Wikipedia views per month (county of florida category, ranking #57 of 67).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Florida[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Mayo[5]
  • Shares border with: Suwannee County[6], Gilchrist County[7], Dixie County[8], Taylor County[9], Madison County[10]
  • Named after: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette[11]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Mayo[12]
  • Commons category: Lafayette County, Florida[13]
  • Inception: December 23, 1853[14]
  • Coordinate location: 29.99, -83.18[15]
  • Official website: http://www.mylafayettecounty.com[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lafayette County, Florida[17]
  • Population: 8870[18], 8815[19], 8818[20], 8809[21], 8848[22], 8663[23], 8226[24]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Florida[25]
  • Number of households: 2315[26]
  • Native label: Lafayette County[27]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C108040[28]
  • Different from: Lafayette County[29], Lafayette Parish[30]
  • Area: 1419[31]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.8[32]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Lafayette County, Florida[33]
  • Per capita income: 17,022[34]
  • P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Lafayette County, Florida.tab[35]

Why It Matters

Lafayette County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Related Entities

Florida Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette United States

References

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Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1853-12-23T00:00:00Z
    Named after → —
    Located in → —
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Mayo
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Lafayette County, Florida.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presiden"
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