Fort Green Springs, Florida (original) (raw)

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Census-designated place in Florida, United States

Fort Green Springs, Florida
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 27°35′30″N 81°56′21″W / 27.59167°N 81.93917°W / 27.59167; -81.93917
Country United States
State Florida
County Hardee
Area[1]
• Total 10.37 sq mi (26.85 km2)
• Land 10.37 sq mi (26.85 km2)
• Water 0 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation 115 ft (35 m)
Population (2020)
• Total 190
• Density 18.3/sq mi (7.08/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code 863
GNIS feature ID 282686[2]

Fort Green Springs is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hardee County, Florida, United States. Its population was 190 as of the 2020 census.

The community is in northwestern Hardee County and is bordered to the north by Fort Green. Florida State Road 62 passes through Fort Green Springs, leading east 7 miles (11 km) to U.S. Route 17 at a point 3 miles (5 km) north of Wauchula, the county seat, and west 30 miles (48 km) to U.S. Route 301 at Parrish.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has an area of 10.368 square miles (26.85 km2), all of it land.[3]

Historical population

Census Pop. Note
2020 190
U.S. Decennial Census[4]
  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  2. ^ "Fort Green Springs". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files - Places: Florida". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  4. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.