Lipona Plantation

Lipona Plantation was a cotton plantation of 900 acres (3.6 km2) in Jefferson County, Florida, United States established by Prince Achille Murat. The name is a anagram of Napoli, which Murat was the former prince of.[1]

Plantation Specifics

The Jefferson County Florida 1860 Agricultural Census shows that Lipona Plantation had the following:

  • Improved Land: 550 acres (2.2 km2)
  • Unimproved Land: 350 acres (1.4 km2)
  • Cash value of plantation: $8600
  • Cash value of farm implements/machinery: $800
  • Cash value of farm animals: $1200
  • Number of slaves: 80
  • Bushels of corn: N/A
  • Bales of cotton: N/A

See also

List of geographic names derived from anagrams and ananyms

References
  1. Morris, Allan (1995). Florida Place Names: Alachua to Zolfo Springs. Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press, Inc. ISBN 1-56164-084-0.

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