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The Suwannee Correctional Institution (also SUWCI) is an American Level 6 security prison facility for adult males at Live Oak, Florida, two miles west of Wellborn. The camp was established in 2009. The total staff is 724 (as of April 13, 2014) and it has a capacity of 1,505 prisoners.
The City of Live Oak is the headquarters for the Suwannee River Regional Library System. [19] Live Oak had a small town library up until the 1940s, which was financed by the County with $25 a month. This first library was a small wooden structure located on the corner of Pine and Wilbur, originally used as the public restrooms for white women. [19]
Live Oak & Gulf was merged with Suwannee & San Pedro Railroad (S&SP) on June 30, 1905 to form Florida Railway. The Florida Railway operated the line to Luraville and the original 9 miles (14.5 km) of the former LO&G for the next eleven years until the line was closed in 1916 and the rails were lifted.
Suwannee County is a county located in the north central portion of the state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 43,474, [1] up from 41,551 in 2010. [2] Its county seat is Live Oak. [3] Suwannee County was a dry county until August 2011, when the sale of alcoholic beverages became legal in the county. [4]
Location of Suwannee County in Florida. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Suwannee County, Florida. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Suwannee County, Florida, United States. The locations of National Register properties for which the ...
The Suwannee River is a diverse and rich ecological space, hosting varied aquatic and wetland habitats. It is home to a large number of temperate and subtropical species, including unique and endangered ones. [18] The Suwannee alligator snapping turtle, described scientifically only in 2014, [19] is endemic to the Suwannee river basin.
Suwannee High School is a public high school in Live Oak, Florida. It serves grades 9–12 and is part of the Suwannee County School District.
The Suwannee County Historical Museum is located in the depot. Exhibits include a telephone display, a 16th-century Timucaun Indian Village recreation and local history artifacts. The station is one block south of the Old Live Oak City Hall.