Citrus County is alliterative and catchy.
It sounds fine but it isn't truly descriptive of current economic and physical realities. A disastrous hard freeze in the mid-1890s wiped out most of the citrus groves that once graced the local landscape. Most are single-family houses, though about 5 percent are condominiums. Resale homes continue to offer the best dollar value. It rains an average of 51 inches a year here.