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The National Historic Landmarks in Florida are representations of a broad sweep of history from Pre-Columbian times, through the Second Seminole War and Civil War, and the Space Age. There are 47 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Florida , [ 1 ] which are located in twenty-two of the state's sixty-seven counties .
Name of place Number of counties Counties Lower zip code Upper zip code Pablo Keys: 1 Duval Pace: 1 Santa Rosa: 32571 Packwood Place: 1 Volusia: Padlock: 1 Suwannee Page Field: 1 Lee: 33907 Page Park: 1 Lee: 33901 Page Park-Pine Manor: 1 Lee Pahokee: 1 Palm Beach: 33476 Painters Hill: 1 Flagler: 32036 Paisley: 1 Lake: 32767 Palatka: 1 Putnam ...
Pennsuco is a former rural community in Miami-Dade County, Florida, along the Miami Canal and U.S. Route 27. It was established in 1920 by the Penn sylvania Su gar Co mpany, which built a sugar cane plantation and sugar mill, and a self-contained community housing employees and their families.
The city was founded and settled in 1859. [1] [2] A post office called Lake Butler has been in operation since 1860. [7]The city was named for Robert Butler, an acting governor of East Florida. [8]
Many people prefer to retire to warm locales, where the climate is temperate, the scenery is lovely, and the amenities are great. To meet all of those criteria, Florida has plenty of appealing...
At 345 feet (105 m) above mean sea level, Britton Hill in northern Walton County is the highest point in Florida and the lowest known highpoint of any U.S. state. [3] Much of the state south of Orlando is low-lying and fairly level; however, some places, such as Clearwater, feature vistas that rise 50 to 100 feet (15 to 30 m) above the water.
House of Pedro Benedit Horruytiner, colonial governor of Florida, in St. Augustine. Alleged encounters with the Horruytiner ghost, as well as that of a cat supposedly killed in the house, have been reported there. [48] The Leaf Theater in Quincy reportedly is haunted by several former movie operators and theater attendees. [49]
As with many rural communities in Florida, lumber mills were established along the line, prior to acquisition. In 1921, the regional head of the ACL, moved the station southwest of Riverland to the community of Richloam. Postmaster Sidney Brinson moved the Riverland Post Office to Richloam in 1922, and a general store would soon follow.