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 an 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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