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About Lecanto, FL

Lecanto was once the county seat of Citrus County. It is written that two commissioners wanted to move the county seat to Inverness and two did not. The two that wanted to, did so in the middle of the night, and it has been there ever since. Now that Citrus County is larger, a growing number of citizens county-wide, want the county offices back in Lecanto, because this is the center of the county.

Lecanto is home to the new campus of the Central Florida Community College, a two year school with over 1,000 students, as well as the Roger Weaver Educational Campus, where the county public schools are located. The newest and largest county health department facility is located in Lecanto too.

Lecanto is un-incorporated and the population of is approximately 1,300. The approximately 590 families.

The amount of land area in Lecanto is 15.555 sq. kilometers. The amount of surface water is 0.023 sq kilometers:. The distance from Lecanto to Washington DC is 765 statute miles. The distance to the Florida state capital is 155 statute miles. Lecanto is positioned 28.85 degrees north of the equator and 82.48 degrees west of the prime meridian.