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is a city in Levy County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,993 in the 2000 census. and was estimated at 2,095 in 2005. Chiefland calls itself the "Gem of the Suwannee Valley" and was incorporated in 1929.
Several Indian tribes lived around the native area of Chiefland. When the Chiefs met, they met in Chiefland because it was in the middle of their tribes. Thus creating the name Chiefland, "Land Of The Chiefs". A village of the Timucuan Indians was once located south of the present city and at Manatee Springs. The area's economy was traditionally based on agriculture, primarily farming (corn, watermelons, hay); ranching (cattle, hogs); dairy (milk); timber (pulpwood, lumber, turpentine) and aquaculture (fishing, oystering, crabbing).