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Its riverine location facilitates two U.S. Navy bases and the Port of Jacksonville, Florida's third largest seaport. [ 3 ] Interstate Highways 10 and 95 intersect in Jacksonville, creating the busiest intersection in the region with 200,000 vehicles each day. [ 4 ]
[4] [21] The Babcock Ranch Preserve, which includes land owned by the State of Florida and by Lee County, covers eighty percent of the ranch's original approximately 91,000 acres (37,000 ha). The preserve is self-funding, with all operations supported by revenue from the publicly owned working ranch, the first and only of its type in Florida. [ 4 ]
Suffolk Construction Company was founded in 1982, by Edward Fish Sr. as an open-shop building contractor. [14] Immediately thereafter, Fish seeded Suffolk with an $80,000 loan and transferred full leadership and management to his 23-year-old son, John F. Fish, who has led the company as president and CEO since its founding.
Sopchoppy is a city in Wakulla County, Florida, United States. The city is located on the Florida Panhandle in North Florida, with Ochlockonee River State Park located nearby. It is part of the Tallahassee, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 426 at the 2020 census, down from 457 at the 2010 census.
Fellsmere is the first place in Florida where women were allowed to vote. In a municipal election on June 19, 1915, resident Zena M. Dreier became the first woman to legally cast a ballot in the American South , five years before the 19th Amendment established women's suffrage nationally.
As of the census [2] of 2000, there were 5,177 people, 1,786 households, and 1,500 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 786.9 people/km 2 (2,038 people/sq mi). There were 1,947 housing units at an average density of 296.0 units/km 2 (767 units/sq mi).
Oldsmar is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 14,898. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 14,898. The Oldsmar name dates to April 12, 1916, when automobile pioneer Ransom E. Olds purchased 37,541 acres (151.92 km 2 ) of land north of Tampa Bay to establish a ...
Andrew Jackson. Cantonment is located in Escambia County, in the western Panhandle of Florida.Cantonment comprises the entirety of the 32533 ZIP code, It is bordered by Pensacola to the south, with its southern border generally considered to be Kingsfield Road, and bordered by Molino to the north, with its northern border generally considered to be Barrineau Park Road.