Levy County
Cedar Key
Cedar Key is an incorporated city in Levy County. City Hall runs the building-permit counter, while the Cedar Key Water and Sewer District is a separate special district with its own service area, accounts, forms, rates, and public notices.
- Type
- City
- County
- Levy
- Population
- 744
Data notes
Population source: Census Vintage 2025 subcounty population estimates. Florida Revenue November 2025 county planning row: 16.0399 mills for Levy County. Census GEOID: 1211225.
Local front desk
Permits and utility accounts use different local governments.
Start with the city Building Department for construction applications, inspections, business tax receipts, tree information, and local forms. Use the Water and Sewer District for water or wastewater accounts, connections, billing, service notices, and current rates. Keep both files separate: a city permit and a district utility account answer different questions.
Local government
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People and safety
Local profile checked August 4, 2026. Confirm the address and current instructions on the linked official site.
Open the full Levy County directory ->Address, home, and local records
Home and local tasks in Cedar Key
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Check the address path ->Property tax
Levy County tax planning
The November 2025 county planning row is 16.0399 mills, about $1,604 per $100,000 of taxable value before parcel-specific charges.
Open millage tool ->Storm planning
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Notes about Cedar Key
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Money and taxes
Cedar Key clams turned a rule change into a water business
Cedar Key's clam farming story grew from fishing families, water quality, job retraining, and a working waterfront that still shapes the town.
Read this note ->History and culture
Cedar Key became the Gulf end of an early Florida railroad
The Florida Railroad linked Fernandina and Cedar Key in 1861, making the Gulf port the western end of an early cross-state rail route.
Read this note ->Useful local context
Notes that mention, illustrate, or sit near Cedar Key
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Rules and licenses
Florida aquaculture certificates help turn water into working farms
Florida aquaculture paperwork helps explain how clams, oysters, fish, aquatic plants, leases, clean water, and coastal jobs fit together.
Read this note ->Outdoors
Cedar Key refuge starts with a boat plan
Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge gives Cedar Key island wildlife and old-Florida quiet, but access depends on water, rules, and timing.
Read this note ->Outdoors
Cedar Key Scrub keeps Levy's coastal sand country visible
Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve sits east of Cedar Key with scrub, salt marsh, trails, wildlife, paddling nearby, and a quieter way to understand Levy County's coast.
Read this note ->Around Cedar Key
Nearby Florida place pages, ordered by straight-line distance between Census internal points. This is not driving distance.
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Last checked July 26, 2026. Place names, county coverage, GEOIDs, coordinates, and population labels come from the Census sources in the Florida place data used by this site. County tax planning rows use Florida Revenue November 2025 millage data. The local front desk is a reviewed profile of the city and county split, checked August 4, 2026. Direct note relationships and contextual note paths are kept separate. Parcel values, exemptions, permits, school assignments, storm instructions, utility service, private rules, and final bills still depend on the exact address and the official office or document.
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