Suwanee County
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, up from 41,551 in 2010. Its county seat is Live Oak. Suwannee County was a dry county until August 2011, when the sale of alcoholic beverages became legal in the county. History Suwannee County was created in 1858, as railways were constructed through the area connecting it to Jacksonville, Tallahassee, and points north. It was named after the Suwannee River, which forms the county's northern, western, and much of its southern border. The word "Suwannee" may either be a corruption of the Spanish ''San Juan'' ("Saint John") or from the Cherokee ''sawani'' ("echo river"). The rural areas supported numerous lumber and turpentine camps. In the 1930s, anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston did research in North Florida timber camps. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.5 ...
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Suwannee County Courthouse
The Suwannee County Courthouse (constructed in 1904) is a historic government building located at 200 U.S. Route 129 in Florida, South Ohio Avenue on the southwest corner of Warren Street in Live Oak, Florida, Live Oak, Florida. On November 12, 1998, it was added to the United States, U.S. National Register of Historic Places. References External links Suwannee County History Suwannee County Clerk of the Court Florida's Historic Courthouses * Florida's Historic Courthouses by Hampton Dunn ()
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