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Dunnellon is a small city in southwestern Marion County, Florida, named for John F. Dunn, a pioneer railroad man and early settler.

Dunnellon was settled in 1887, platted in 1890 and officially incorporated as a city in 1891.

Hard rock phosphate was discovered near Dunnellon in 1889 by Albertus Vogt, sparking Florida's first phosphate mining boom, which lasted until the early 1910s.

Dunnellon's phosphate-boom heritage is still celebrated each spring at the Boomtown Day Festival.

Dunnellon sits where the crystal-clear Rainbow River joins the Withlacoochee River, which forms the Citrus County line.

Just north of Dunnellon, Rainbow Springs State Park protects a first-magnitude spring with the fourth-highest flow of any spring in Florida, whose water stays a constant 72 degrees year-round.

Rainbow Springs spent decades as a private roadside tourist attraction with gardens, waterfalls and a small zoo before the State of Florida acquired the property in 1990 and turned it into a state park.

Dunnellon's population was 1,928 at the 2020 census, up from 1,733 in 2010; back in 2000, the city had 950 households.

Dunnellon's historic district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and its restored 1908 Atlantic Coast Line railroad depot now hosts concerts and community events.

Areas in and around Dunnellon, along Tiger Trail just outside Rainbow Springs State Park, served as filming locations for the 2001 horror film Jeepers Creepers.