Troy Spring State Park is a

Florida State Park There are 175 state parks and 9 state trails in the U.S. state of Florida which encompass more than , providing recreational opportunities for both residents and tourists. Almost half of the state parks have an associated local 501(c)(3) non-pr ...

, located approximately six miles north of Branford, off

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. It contains one of the state's 33 first magnitude springs. At the bottom of the Troy Spring is the sunken

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sidewheel

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''Madison'', which had been owned and captained by James Felix Tucker. Tucker

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''Madison'' in September 1863 to prevent her from falling into Union hands during the

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.Gaines, W. Craig, ''Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks''
Louisiana State University Press, 2008, , p. 42.

Gallery

File:Troy Springs SP VC01.jpg, Visitor center File:Troy Springs SP ranger station01.jpg, Ranger station File:Troy Springs SP springs stairs01.jpg, Stairs heading into the springs

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* State parks of Florida Parks in Lafayette County, Florida Parks in Suwannee County, Florida Suwannee River {{LafayetteCountyFL-geo-stub