Fort Mudge is an

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in Brantley County in the

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History

Fort Mudge (the fort after which the community is named) is described as "a temporary fortification during the Florida war", established in 1813. It was abandoned at the end of the war, although it may have been briefly reoccupied in 1838 during the Second Seminole War.

In popular culture

It is occasionally mentioned in the comic strip ''

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'', being quite near the edge of the

Okefenokee Swamp The Okefenokee Swamp is a shallow, 438,000-acre (177,000 ha), peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia–Florida line in the United States. A majority of the swamp is protected by the Okefenokee National Wildlife Ref ...

that is the strip's setting.

Species of special concern

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources lists several species of special concern in or near Fort Mudge. * ''

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'' Florida Orange-grass * ''

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'' Gopher Tortoise * '' Hartwrightia floridana'' Hartwrightia * '' Neofiber alleni'' Round-tailed Muskrat * ''

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'' Island Glass Lizard * '' Picoides borealis'' Red-cockaded Woodpecker * '' Pteroglossaspis ecristata'' Crestless Plume Orchid * '' Scirpus etuberculatus'' Canby's Club-rush

Roads

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(concurrent with U.S. Route 23 and

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here, and also identified as Jacksonville Highway) runs through Fort Mudge.

References

* Unincorporated communities in Brantley County, Georgia Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state) {{BrantleyCountyGA-geo-stub