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Blountstown is named for John Blount, a Creek Indian [7] chief who served as a guide for General Andrew Jackson during his invasion of Spanish Florida in 1818. This invasion was not directed at Spain, per se, but at Seminoles who would attack settlements north of Florida, then retreat to relative safety below the border of Spanish Florida.
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Calhoun County is a rural county located in the northern panhandle of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,648, [2] making it the fifth-least populous county in Florida. Its county seat is Blountstown. [3]
After the intersection with CR 392, the road enters Scotts Ferry where it crosses a bridge over the Chipola River, and then turns straight north through Gaskins where it encounters County Road 275, and has a brief concurrency with CR 275 north of C.D. Clark Road. CR 275 later branches off to the northwest, and after this SR 71 turns northeast ...
State Road 69 begins at an unnamed connecting road between State Road 71 (North Main Street) and North Pear Street in Blountstown.After passing by the Blountstown Elementary School, [2] a civic center and the intersection of Finlay Street, the route crosses a bridge over Simmons Creek and runs through Pine Island, where it intersects the southern terminus of CR 549 (John G. Bryant Road).
Clarksville is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Florida, United States. The community is located at the intersection of Florida State Road 20 and Florida State Road 73 8.4 miles (13.5 km) west of Blountstown. Clarksville has a post office with ZIP code 32430. [2] [3]
Scotts Valley is a small town about six miles north of Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz County and a short distance off of State Highway 17. The tornado was just the latest extreme wind event connected to ...
But historic sites can still be found beyond this point, among them a bed & breakfast next door to the 1840-built Ely-Criglar House, and later curves around the 1910-built Joseph W. Russ Jr. House which is also the county visitor's center. Later it becomes the eastern terminus of former CR 10A (Old Cottondale Road), and old section of US 90.