Citra, Florida
Citra is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Florida, United States. The community is part of the Ocala Ocala, [Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]. Citra is known as the home of the pineapple orange, a name coined by James B. Owens in 1883 for an orange with an aroma reminiscent of a pineapple.
History
Citra was founded in 1881 in a citrus-growing district. A post office has been in operation in town since 1881.[Image:Citramethodistepiscopalchurch.jpg|thumb|right|The historic Citra Methodist Episcopal Church]
Image:Citra [Armstrong House01.jpg|thumb|The historic Armstrong House]
Citra has two buildings on the National Register of Historic Places: The Citra Methodist Episcopal Church and the Armstrong [House (Citra, Florida)|Armstrong House]. It is home to a University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences plant research facility, being expanded with a donation from Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach.
Citra is in a region of Florida immortalized in the writings of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings who lived nearby at Cross [Creek, Florida|Cross Creek] in Alachua County.