Dunnellon, Marion County

Dunnellon, 40 miles from Spring Hill and 70 miles from Tampa is split between Citrus and Marion counties. The community was a boomtown between 1889 to about 1910 due to the local mining of phosphate. The city is named for an early railroad promoter and its financier founder, John F Dunn. Dunnellon is surrounded by the Rainbow River, which leads to the Withlacoochee River that also serves as the southwest boundary of Marion County. At the headsprings of the Blue Run the old name for Rainbow River, is the state's largest manmade waterfalls lined with azaleas and butterfly gardens.

 

Seven small farming communities boomed in 1889 with the discovery of phosphate and Dunnellon developed a railroad, school, post office, electric lights, connected water and a wooden bridge over the Withlacoochee River.

 

Dunnellon operates on a $2.3 million general fund budget a $1 million dollar utility budget and 34 full-time and 7 part-time employees.

 

Community events include Heritage Days held each April.

 

Local attractions include Florida's second largest artesian spring, Rainbow Springs, which feeds roughly 500 million gallons of crystal clear water each day into the scenic Rainbow River with Rainbow Springs State Park Campground and Marion County's KP Hole Park, the Withlacoochee State Trail.

 

Nearby communities include Citrus Springs (4 miles), Pine Ridge (7.5 miles), Beverly Hills (9 miles), Black Diamond (10 miles), Hernando (10 miles), Citrus Hills (11.5 miles), Inverness Highlands North (14 miles) and Crystal River (14 miles).

20750 River Dr, Dunnellon, FL 34431

352.489.2423; 352.489.0105 Fax

20500 E Pennsylvania Ave, PO Box 868

Dunnellon, FL  34430

352.489.2320; 800.830.2087 (tollfree); 352.489.6846 Fax

 

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20804 W Penn Ave, Dunnellon, FL 34431

352 489.4196

 

4040 Deepwater Ct, Dunnellon, FL 34431