Town file
McIntosh, Florida
McIntosh, Florida (Marion County, Florida) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 99, "The Coroner's Waiting Room" (27 December 2018). Heather Strong grew up in Mississippi.
- Town
- McIntosh
- County
- Marion County
- State
- Florida
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 99
- Approximate location
- 29.449, -82.221
Episode 99 / 27 December 2018 / 150 min / full
The Coroner's Waiting Room
"We're going to Macintosh, Florida. It's in central Florida... It's in Marion County, Zip Code 32664, Area Code 352." about 0:11:05
The case: Murder of Heather Strong (February 2009). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2018
- Population
- 461
- Median age
- 59.6
- Median household income
- about $46,000
- Median home value
- $94,000
- Two-bedroom rent
- about $1,020
- Cost of living
- 98
- Religious
- 35.4%
- Property crime
- right at average
- Violent crime
- ▲ about 10% high
History, in brief
- The area around McIntosh began to develop about 1828, the year Andrew Jackson was elected president. about 0:12:56
- United States policy of Indian removal traded lands in the West for lands held by tribes in the East. about 0:13:49
- By 1835 open warfare had erupted, beginning the Second Seminole War. about 0:15:48
- The Seminole warrior Osceola and his followers killed Indian agent Wiley Thompson at Fort King. about 0:16:13
- Major Francis Dade led 108 soldiers against the Seminoles and was ambushed; 107 were killed and one survivor reached Fort Brooke, present-day Tampa. about 0:16:43
- The Second Seminole War lasted from 1835 to 1842. about 0:17:38
- Colonel John Houston McIntosh had a sugar plantation and processing works in the area; his sugar works were destroyed in the war about 1837. about 0:18:55
- In 1885 the town offered a free residential lot to any settler who would build a house of a certain value. about 0:19:56
- By 1895 the town had a doctor, a postmaster, a Western Union, a church, a meat store, a school, a drug store, an ice house, a millinery shop, the McIntosh hotel and a Christian mercantile store. about 0:20:48
- McIntosh was incorporated by an act of the legislature in 1913, and its town hall has not changed since. about 0:22:05
- The town has 68 sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places within 0.70 square miles. about 0:22:31
- The movie Doc Hollywood was filmed in McIntosh in 1991. about 0:23:58
The reviews read out
5 stars
"McIntosh is straight off a Hallmark card; the writer loves the town and the memories made there, says every face is familiar and inviting and tells people to stop by and relish the cosiness."about 0:23:28
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Starke, Florida35 miles
- St. Augustine, Florida63 miles
- Chuluota, Florida87 miles
- New Port Richey, Florida88 miles
- Plant City, Florida99 miles
- Alturas, Florida116 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.