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Tallahassee has an area of 98.2 square miles (254.3 km 2), of which 95.7 square miles (247.9 km 2) is land and 2.5 square miles (6.5 km 2), or 2.59%, is water. [24] Tallahassee's terrain is hilly by Florida standards, being at the southern end of the Red Hills Region, just above the Cody Scarp. The elevation varies from near sea level to just ...
Tallahassee is situated within the Apalachee Province, home of the Apalachee, a Mississippian culture of agrarian people who farmed vast tracts of land. Their capital, Anhaica, was located within Tallahassee's city limits. The name "Tallahassee" is a Muskogean Indian word often translated as "old fields", or "old town." Its also known as "Tally ...
This proposal would combine police and other city services with the already shared (consolidated) Tallahassee Fire Department, Tallahassee/Leon County Planning Department, and Leon County Emergency Medical Services. Tallahassee's city limits would (at current size) increase from 98.2 square miles (254 km 2) to 702 square miles (1,820 km 2 ...
A talk about Tallahassee's first legislature highlighted pivotal decisions made by the Territorial Council and Gov. William Duval in 1824 Tallahassee celebrates 200 years of legislative history at ...
Here's the myth: In 1823, one guy coming from Pensacola, and one guy coming from St. Augustine, met in the middle of the state and chose a capital for the new U.S. territory of Florida — and ...
The most iconic photo of the 1956 Tallahassee bus boycott is this one picturing Rev. C.K. Steele (by window) and Rev. H. McNeal Harris, riding at the front of a Tallahassee city bus on Dec. 24 ...
The Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee, Florida, is an architecturally and historically significant building listed on the National Register of Historic Places.The Capitol is at the intersection of Apalachee Parkway and South Monroe Street in downtown Tallahassee, Florida.
Park avenue once marked the northern boundary of Tallahassee. Outside of this boundary ran a 200 ft (61 m) dirt clearing designed to protect the city from Indian attacks. During the 19th century, the district was valued as a premier location in the city. Residences, businesses, government buildings, and churches were built along the street.