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Bronson is a town and the county seat of Levy County in north-central Florida, and it calls itself the "Heart of Levy County."

The settlement began in 1839 under the name Chunky Pond, from the Native American name Chuckahaha, and was later renamed for Isaac H. Bronson, an early settler and judge in the Florida Territory.

Bronson became the Levy County seat in 1874 after a disputed popular vote, yet the town was not officially incorporated until 1951.

The 2020 census counted 1,140 people in Bronson living in 450 households, and the town is part of the Gainesville metropolitan area.

David Levy Yulee's Florida Railroad, running from Fernandina Beach to Cedar Key, passed through Bronson and made it an important crossroads and shipping stop in the 1800s.

Bronson reportedly had about 75 orange groves in its early years, but the hard freezes of the 1890s destroyed the groves and ended the town's boom years.

Bronson's public school students attend Bronson Elementary School and Bronson Middle High School, both run by the School Board of Levy County.

The Bronson Speedway, a local auto racing track, sits on the outskirts of town.

Unincorporated East Bronson, just east of the town limits, is actually larger than Bronson itself, with a population of 1,945 counted in the 2010 census.