BRONSON FLORIDABronson Florida is a small town in Levy County. The county is named for Florida's railroad pioneer and early U.S. senator from Florida, David Levy Yulee. A Mr. Bronson was a friend of Senator Yulee, and the town is named for him. Remember, it's not who you are but who you know. It is the county seat of Levy County, and is home to 1,000 people more or less. When the Civil War broke out and Florida left the Union, Senator Levy became a Confederate Senator. Bronson is a "crossroads" town that lies at the intersection of US-27, County Road 337 and State Road 24. SR-24 follows the route of David Levy Yulee's early pre-Civil War railroad that ran from Fernandina Beach to Cedar Key. 
The first county seat was Levyville, also named for the senator. It was about halfway between Bronson and Chiefland.The area around Levyville was originally named Sodom but the name didn't catch on for some reason and faded into Florida history. Levyville wasn't on the route of the Florida Railroad, however, and Bronson was. A few years after the railroad was completed, the residents moved the county seat to Bronson. Levyville also faded into the mists of Florida history. My Uncle Karl lived in Bronson Florida for a couple of years. The thing I remember about visiting him is how quiet the place was. It's pretty much the same now as it was a generation ago. One thing that's changed is that a celebrity is now in town. Bo Diddley died in 2008 and his grave is in the Bronson Cemetery. Bo lived for many years in Hawthorne, Florida and Archer, Florida, not too far from Bronson 
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