Floral City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Citrus County, Florida, United States.

[4] It is part of the Homosassa Springs, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The area has a history of phosphate mining and includes historic homes.

The land was owned by James Baker, son-in-law of ex-Confederate soldier John Paul Formy-Duval, an early area settler and landowner.

The village was at one time larger than Miami,[6] due to the phosphate mining industry located in Citrus County.

Around the time of World War I, the mining industry shut down in Floral City.

After the war, mining was moved south to the Bartow area east of Tampa.

[6] The town was named Floral City for its abundance of wild flowers, which are still plentiful today.