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Ocala Ocala is a city in Marion County, Florida, United States. As of 2007, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 53,491.
It is the
county seat of Marion County, and the principal city of the Ocala, Florida Metropolitan
Statistical Area, which had an
estimated 2007 population of 324,857. Ocala was established in
1846 by Matthew Edward Hall near the site of Fort King, a military outpost of the Seminole Wars. Ocala is a derivation of the Timucua word "Ocali" which is believed to mean the "Big
Hammock".
Hernando de Soto passed through a Timucua village or province named
Ocali or Ocale near the present site of Ocala during his famous
expedition through what is today the southeastern United States in 1539. Greater Ocala is known as the "Kingdom of the
Sun". In December 1890, the
Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union, a forerunner of the Populist Party held its national convention in Ocala. At the convention, the
Alliance adopted a platform that would become known as the "Ocala Demands." This platform included abolition of national banks, low
interest government loans, free and unlimited coinage of silver, reclamation of
excess railroad lands by the government, a graduated income tax, and direct election of United States senators. Most of the
"Ocala Demands" were to become part of the Populist Party platform. Ocala was an important
center of citrus production until the Great Freeze of 1894-1895. The first
thoroughbred horse farm in Florida was created by Carl G. Rose in
1943. In 1956, the Ocala area
Thoroughbred industry received a boost when Needles became the first Florida-bred to win the Kentucky Derby. In 1978, Marion County-bred and -raised Affirmed won the Triple Crown. Today, Marion County is one of the major thoroughbred
centers of the world, with over 1,200 horse farms in total and about 900
thoroughbred farms totaling some 77,000 acres. Ocala is well known as the horse
capital of the world, one of only five cities (four in the USA and one in
France) permitted under Chamber of Commerce guidelines to use this title based
on annual revenue produced by the horse industry. There are some 44,000 jobs
created by the breeding, training and related support brought about by the
equine industry that generates over 2.2 Billion dollars of annual
revenue. There are over 100
different breads aside from thoroughbreds including the Tennessee Walker, Paso
Fino, Morgans, SaddleBreds, Drafts, and of course the beloved American Quarter
Horse. Ocala/Marion County
is known as the Horse Capital of the World. Ocala is the headquarters
of Emergency One, a worldwide designer and manufacturer of fire rescue
vehicles. Ocala is also known for
nearby Silver Springs,
Florida, site of one of the largest artesian spring formations in the world and Silver Springs Nature Theme
Park, one of the earliest tourist attractions
in Florida. .Income &
Housing Costs Numbers: Estimated median household income in 2008: $38,842 (it
was $30,888 in 2000)
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