[jgarrett0218]

My family and I are seriously looking into moving to Citrus County (which area, we are not sure yet). Does anyone have a personal favorite out of all the Citrus county communities? Also, even though it is a bit of a dumb question, does Citrus county get too much hurricane damage? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks

[daniellefort]

I've lived in Inverness for 7 years and we've never had any major damage. They usually evacuate everything 1 mile east of Hwy 19 though because it's along the gulf. My boss lives on a canal in Crystal River in all her years living here, had 1 flood in her home. She's been here for 20+ years. There's a few other threads a few pages back all about Citrus County. You might want to check them out. I put in quite a bit of info on those about Inverness.

[Floridamom1970]

I am in Dunnellon Florida , which has the distinction of actually encompassing two counties depending on which side of the river you live on. The two counties are Citrus and Marion. We are hoping to move out of state within the next twelve months but if we find that we are doomed to stay in central Florida for the next several years my vote would be to move on over to Citrus county.

Citrus county ( from my perception) is much more family/under age sixty orientated than where I am near Dunnellon, which seems to be more interested in where the next golf course is going to be. It is great here if you love antique shops (we have plenty of those) though. Crystal River has some great thrift shops- my passion ! Three times a week I drive my daughter into Crystal River for all of her therapies and we do enjoy Fort Island Gulf Beach along the Gulf of Mexico. In fact I really prefer Citrus county over Marion.

I would have to say that the towns we go through the most in Citrus are Crystal River, Inverness, Lecanto, Beverly Hills, and Hernando. When I want to take my kids to the movies or what ever we always go to either Crystal River or Inverness. I avoid going into Ocala since I really don't like hat city, bad enough that I have to work there two days a week.

Now if there was just a Barnes and Noble or a Books a Million in Citrus county I would never have to shop in Ocala again!

[Jumblia]

I know that the original post is pretty old, but like the others, I have to chime in. I live in Inverness, Florida and I am very happy here. We have a decent sized city, with good schools and little crime. There is an abundance of city parks and state/national forests around here and there is ample shopping opportunities. I'm not going to say that Inverness is necessarily the best city of Citrus County, because they are all very nice. If you wish to be by the water, you may be interested in Crystal River, or Homosassa. They have a similar structure with the benefit of the Florida manatee. If you would like to find a nice place, out-of-the way a bit, you may like Chassahowitzka. Then we also have the communities that are either geared more towards retirement, or HOA's, like Sugarmill Woods, Brentwood, Citrus Hills, or Citrus Springs. Lot's of golf, recreation, dining and good people in our little county. You may want to check out Citrus County Information Zone, they have some detailed city info and a community forum. Citrus County is located in between Ocala and Tampa, so if you are looking for a nice place to retire, or raise a family, close to a large city, but one that isn't caught up in the hustle and bustle, then Citrus County is a great place.