The Best Rural Small Towns in Florida

Want to find a rural Florida town to get a mortgage, get a realtor, and live the American Dream or just retire away from the big city? Who doesn’t right?
Today we are looking at great small rural towns in Florida.

Florida had some lame small rural towns that created a big problem making this list. Great small towns were hard to find.
Florida isn’t a total mess`. When you compare their big cities to other states, they aren’t that bad. Miami has some crime but it has amazing food, beaches, and entertainment, Tampa is a solid coastal city along with Fort Myers, St. Pete, Orlando, and Disney.
Like I said in the other videos, I normally do Top 10 lists, but not all states have 10 good rural towns and I don’t want to waste your time with some places that are a reach just to get to 10. Florida has a big problem with crime in its small rural towns. Most of their towns are also part of a metro area. The focus of this series is rural towns. That normally implies a good distance outside a metro area.

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[waynejohns]

Native Floridian - so glad you missed a lot of towns!

[abbeyc]

DO NOT COME... DO NOT COME... Florida is CLOSED, lol. Keystone is pretty great, lived here most of my life and the people are the best asset.

[cindyh]

The panhandle is beautiful. Gulf beaches are the best. Love where I live. Never a boring day.

[wholovesu]

I'm glad u missed my town. Rural people want to Stay rural

[nvalidusername]

I just moved from Keystone Heights after living there for nearly 5 years. It is a great little town that has all of the small town things. People are very friendly and it's one of the few Florida places I have been where the people were mostly from the area. Parades for the holidays, closed off roads in town on halloween, most things closed on Sunday, churches outnumber liquor stores by about 8:1, very family oriented, has a retirement community, and even hosts a large youth camp. However, the population is about to expand there by leaps and bounds within the next 5-10 years. Lots of development coming down towards Keystone Heights from the Middleburg area, and Camp Blanding takes up one side of the highway for most of the trip between Middleburg and Keystone Heights (approx. 20 miles). Housing and land prices doubled just in the short time I lived there. Many waterfront houses with large lots (.5 to over 1 ac) to be had for under $400k still. Lots of parks and farms in surrounding area. So many places nearby to drop a fishing line in at, and the St. Johns river is only 30 minutes away in Palatka. Wildlife is abundant in area. Eagles, hawks, flocks of sandhill cranes, owls, armadillos, quail. Lots of birds migrate to/through area in winter. Several places with well protected areas for bicyclists in and around town. Plenty of good deals on fresh seafood from Roger not far from nearby Melrose on the side of the road. Internet is spotty once you get just outside of town, with the only really viable option being a local company called Fastnet. 25 MB service. Fast enough to stream, video chat, or surf, but not all games will run at top performance with the lower bandwidth. Lots of stars and bars flying around. It is definitely Trump country. Expect everyone you meet to be packing a hand cannon. Keystone Heights needs some really good restaurants in a really bad way, but I'm certain they will be along soon. One red light in the middle of town and one more at commercial circle that is only on in the day time. There's also a race track at the town airport called The Firm, where you can take your own car out on a F-1 style race track or even go out on an offroad/enduro track. And after you break your car, you can take it to Williams to get it fixed. Most everything is closed up by 8 or 9 pm. The police, and in reality the people, don't put up with much if any bullshit there. Most children mind their manners. Negotiations can often be settled with a handshake. Most people still take pride in themselves and their work. In the time I lived there I could count all of the bad things that happened nearby on one hand, and with a finger leftover. Problem people are effectively ran out of town. Hard to say that about most any place nowadays. Some of the yards/houses look like they are straight out of a Jeff Foxworthy skit, but are becoming farther and fewer between as prices have risen sharply and people have sold. Insurance is very reasonable as it is a very low risk area by Florida standards provided you are not in a flood zone. Not criticizing or complaining, just painting a realistic picture for those interested.

[lindalou]

Lots of people think Florida is Disney World, beaches and the Everglades. Florida is RURAL !! Flat pastures, cows and palm trees !! LOL Lots of fishing holes, including the biggest one, Lake Okeechobee ♥️

[joanmoore]

I have lived in High Springs for the last 20 years. We love that it is close to Gainesville, but smaller and peaceful. Thanks for the shoutout.

[sirraf]

Interesting fact: Blountstown and Bristol are only like 2 and a half miles apart but have a 1 hour time difference because the Eastern/Central time zone splits them.

[noelleagape]

We were just talking with our daughter about settling in a nice small town in Florida. We live on the Treasure Coast, but this once small town is growing rapidly bc everyone wants to move here!
We LOVE Florida!
Thx for the info!

[rlrobinson]

Thank you for finally discussing towns in the panhandle of FL

[skankhuntdave]

The further south you go in Florida the more northern it gets!

[jorgemorales]

I'm a Floridian and the prices of homes have almost double in the last couple years and they are selling very fast.

[robertmoore]

It’s always a joy to see in my notifications a video from you, Briggs. It always makes my day. It helps me when I’m depressed to find some joy in watching these videos you made. I don’t know why, they just make me happier. You are informative and funny at the same time!

[annar]

I'm loving this series. Making me homesick for Florida, in the best of ways. Walking along drainage ditches behind peoples yards in the cool of the morning to the forest area, grabbing some fruit to eat from peoples trees along the way. Arriving at the swampy forest and relaxing. Eating kumquats and oranges. Ah. Florida. 😁😍

[TotlKaos]

I'll agree with High Springs. My family lives not far from there in Trenton. I love the country feel in that area.

[mary-jrtg]

Trouble with rural Florida is that there's not much of it left anymore. I can remember when I first moved here I'd talk to people who came down right after WW2 and they'd tell me about all the changes that took place in the years prior to my family's arrival. I was 13 then and remember those conversations vividly. Fast forward 43 years later and at 56 I can't begin to tell you all the changes I've witnessed over the years. Most of it in the form of high density housing, apartment complexes and repeats of corporate brands all over. The days of mom & pop have disappeared long ago and the few that remain will soon vanish as well. I beg to disagree with Briggs on Keystone Heights where he said it's going to stay under 2000 for quite some time. I've traveled all around Florida myself from Lake Okeechobee to Jacksonville and to the extreme western part of the panhandle. In just the last five years alone I've seen places you'd never think would catch the interest of a developer and then suddenly boom the houses start popping up like mushrooms with no amenities around them. But then the corporate brands come in afterwards to fill in the gaps between subdivisions and it becomes on big happy stretch of urban sprawl! Too many people and the infrastructure can hardly keep up. The roads are always under construction expanding to try and handle the increased growth. Soon the people will out number the bugs and that's too much for me to stomach. After 43 years I feel I've paid my dues but I'm just ready to turn a new leaf someplace else...hopefully some fall leaves at that!😉 Though I had a difference of opinion with you on this one I still thank you Briggs for your videos. I will continue to watch your content, give a thumbs up and subscribe. Keep up the good work.👍

[willbygosh]

Frostproof Florida as mentioned in this video in southern Polk County is one of those off the beaten path towns waiting to be discovered with 2 beautiful large lakes surrounding their charming downtown with great fishing especially bass fishing.The town also has a golfcart ordinance where you're allowed to drive your golf cart anywhere within the city limits.Plenty o of affordable senior mobile home and rv parks for snowbirds and budget retirees looking for a slower pace of life.

[MarkSkarzynski]

Actually, Florida is full, especially the rural areas. Please don't come here.

[michaeljordan]

I grew up in Hosford, the next town east of Bristol. Very cool to see my old stomping grounds on YouTube haha. Not good for bar hoppers, because Liberty county (Bristol) is a dry county and you have to go to Blountstown to find any restaurants/bar that serve alcohol

[jonstephens]

I have a good friend from Frostproof and he loves it. I'll be joining him to visit his family later this year.