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History of Franklin County Florida

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Florida Facts:
Tree: Sabal palm (cabbage palmetto)
Bird: mockingbird
Flower: orange blossom
Nickname: Sunshine State
Motto: In God We Trust
Area (sq. mi.): 58,560
Capitol: Tallahassee
Admitted: 3 Mar 1845




Franklin County Facts:

Seat: Apalachicola
Established: 1832
Formed from: Jackson


Some Historic Photographers from Franklin county FL

  • Whittemore, H
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Additional Local History Notes:

The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows:

FRANKLIN, a county of Florida, bordering on the Gulf of Mexico, has an area of 462 square miles. It is intersected by the Appalachicola river, navigable by steamboats. The surface is low, the soil sandy, and mostly uncultivated. It contained in 1850, 3 churches, 1 school, and 1 newspaper office. Capital, Appalachicola. Population, 1561, of whom 1184 were free, and 377, slaves.





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