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Seminole County (/ ˈ s ɛ m ɪ n oʊ l /, SEM-i-nohl) is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census , the population was 470,856, making it the 13th-most populated county in Florida.
Location of Seminole County in Florida. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Seminole County, Florida. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Seminole County, Florida, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
Florida State Fair in 2013. In 1904, the South Florida Fair Association was formed and plans for a new exhibition were proposed. The fair was founded as the South Florida Fair in downtown Tampa and renamed the Mid-Winter Festival a few years later. The name finally changed to the present Florida State Fair in 1915. [7]
Goldsboro is a community and former town in Seminole County, Florida.It was founded by the Freedmen's Bureau and later incorporated in 1891. One of the oldest African-American founded communities in the United States, it was established only a few years after nearby Eatonville.
The Museum of Seminole County History located at the site focuses on the history of Seminole County and includes exhibits on the area's Native American inhabitants, early settlers and military operations, the impact of railroads and steamships, local agriculture and industries, antiques, and historic artifacts. [citation needed]
The Dunlawton Plantation and its sugar mill date to the latter years of the Second Spanish period in Florida. In August 1804, Patrick Dean, a merchant from the Bahamas, and his uncle John Bunch, a planter from Nassau, were granted by the Spanish Crown land in Florida that had been part of the British Turnbull grant of 1777. Dean established a ...
Cracker Country is a living history museum of rural Florida, and Florida Cracker culture which was established in 1978 by Mildred and Doyle Carlton Jr. [1] Cracker Country features thirteen original buildings dating from 1870 to 1912 and is set in 1898. [1]
Dade Battlefield Historic State Park is a state park located on County Road 603 between Interstate 75 (Exit 314) and U.S. Route 301 in Sumter County, Florida.The 80-acre (32 ha) park includes 40 acres (160,000 m 2) of pine flatwoods and a live oak hammock.