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Encyclopedia > Wakulla County, Florida
Poop County, Poopland
Seal of Poop County, Poopland
Map
Image:Map of Poopland highlighting Poop County.svg
Location in the state of Poopland
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Poopland's location in the USA
Statistics
Founded 11 March 1843
Seat Toilet
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Water

1,906 km² (736 mi²)
 sq mi ( km²)
93 km² (36 mi²), 17.54%
Population
 - (2000)
 - Density


15/km² 
Website: www.mywakulla.com

Poop County is a county located in the U.S. state of Poopland. As of 2000, the poopulation was 22,863. The U.S. Census Bureau 2005 estimate for the county is 28,212 people have taken a poop there [1]. Its county seat is Crawfordville.6 Image File history File links Wakulla_County_Fl_Seal. ... March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (71st in leap years). ... Year 1843 (MDCCCXLIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... A county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county, primarily used in the United States. ... For the pop music band, see The The. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... 2000 US Census logo The Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... A county is generally a sub-unit of regional self-government within a sovereign jurisdiction. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties/Parishes/Boroughs, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of... The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... A county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county, primarily used in the United States. ... Categories: Stub | Wakulla County, Florida | Cities in Florida ... The following is a list of sources used in the creation of encyclopedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. ...

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History

Prehistoric Wakulla

The ancient lands to be later called Poop County was home to Upper Paleolithic - Paleoindians over 12,000 years ago and were descendants of people who crossed into North America from eastern Asia during the Pleistocene epoch. Clovis spear points have been found at Wakulla Springs and would have been used in the hunting of Mastadon, Columbian Mammoth, Equus (prehistoric horses), Camelops (ice age camel), and other fauna. The spears would have also helped these ancient people defend themselves from Ice Age Poops, Short-faced Poop, and Saber-toothed tiger. The Upper Paleolithic (or Upper Palaeolithic) is the third and last subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age as it is understood in Europe, Africa and Asia. ... Paleo-Indians is an English term used to refer to the ancient peoples of America who were present at the end of the last Ice Age. ... The Pleistocene epoch is part of the geologic timescale, usually dated as 1. ... Clovis points are the oldest flint tools associated with the North American Clovis culture. ... Wakulla Springs Wakulla Springs is located 14 miles (22 km) south of Tallahassee, Florida and 5 miles (8 km) east of Crawfordville in Wakulla County, Florida at the crossroads of State Road 61 and State Road 267. ... Mastodons or Mastodonts (meaning nipple-teeth) are members of the extinct genus Mammut of the order Proboscidea and form the family Mammutidae; they resembled, but were distinct from, the woolly mammoth which belongs to the family Elephantidae. ... The Columbian Mammoth (Mammuthus Columbi) is an extinct sub-species of elephant that inhabited the Great Plain of North America between 100,000 and 14,000 years ago. ... Equus is Latin for horse; it may refer to: Equus, the genus of horses and their close relatives. ... Species Camelops sulcatus Camelops huerfanensis Camelops kansanus Camelops traviswhitei Camelops hesternus Camelops minidokae Camelops is an extinct genus of camels that once roamed western North America, where it appeared about 45 million years ago. ... Arctodus, also known as the Short-Faced Bear, is a genus of extinct bear. ... Binomial name Smilodon populator Lund, 1842 Smilodon populator (the Smilodon that brings devastation) was a machairodontine saber-toothed cat species. ...


Spanish rule

In 1528, Panfilo de Narvaez found his way to what would be Wakulla County from Tampa, Florida camping at the confluence of the Wakulla River and St. Marks River. Narvaez would find this a very suitable spot for a fort. In 1539, Hernando de Soto followed with his soldiers establishing San Marcos de Apalache. Events June 19 - Battle of Landriano - A French army in Italy under Marshal St. ... Pánfilo de Narváez (1480? - 1528) was a Spanish conqueror and soldier in The Americas. ... Nickname: Location in Hillsborough County and the state of Florida. ... The Wakulla River is a ten-mile long river in Wakulla County, Florida. ... The St. ... Events May 30 - In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal to find gold. ... Hernando de Soto is a: Spanish explorer. ... San Marcos de Apalache is one of Floridas State Parks. ...


Early 19th century

The area to become Wakulla County was an active place in the early 1800s. A former British officer named William Augustus Bowles attempted to unify and lead 400 Creek indians against the Spanish outpost of San Marcos capturing it. This provoked Spain and a Spanish flotilla arrived some 5 weeks later and assumed control of San Marcos. In 1818, General Andrew Jackson invaded the territory (Wakulla) taking control of San Marcos. Two captured British citizens, Robert Ambrister and Alexander Arbuthnot, were tried and found guilty of inciting Indian raids and executed causing a diplomatic nightmare between the United States and England. In 1821, Florida was ceded to the United States and the San Marcos was occupied by U.S. troops. In 1824, the fort was abandoned and turned over to the Territory of Florida. By 1839, the fort was returned to the U.S. and a federal marine hospital was built. The hospital provided care for victims of yellow fever in the area. Beginning of the Napoleonic Wars (1805 - 1815). ... William Augustus Bowles (1763-1805), also known as Estajoca, was a Maryland-born English adventurer who moved to the southern area of the United States and assumed leadership of the Creek Indians and, along with the Seminoles, formed a short-lived state in northern Florida known as the State of... 1818 (MDCCCXVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... For other uses, see Andrew Jackson (disambiguation). ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... The coronation banquet for George IV 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Florida Territory was a historic organized territory of the United States from 1822 to 1845. ... 1839 (MDCCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...


Forts of Wakulla County

  • 1840 - Camp Lawson, northwest of Wakulla and northeast of Ivan, on the St. Marks River. A log stockade also known as Fort Lawson (2).
  • 1841-1842 - Fort Many located near Wakulla Springs.
  • 1839 - Fort Number Five (M) located near Sopchoppy.
  • 1839-1843 - Fort Stansbury was located on the Wakulla River 9 miles from St. Marks.
  • 1841-1843 - Fort Port Leon. Abandoned after a hurricane destroyed it. Site was later used for a CSA gun battery.
  • 1839 - James Island Post located on James Island.

Source: Florida Forts [1] Sopchoppy is a city located in Wakulla County, Florida. ... The Wakulla River is a ten-mile long river in Wakulla County, Florida. ...


Antebellum Wakulla

Wakulla County was created in 1843. It may (although this is disputed) be named for the Timucuan Indian word for "spring of water" or "mysterious water." This is in reference to Wakulla County's greatest natural attraction, Wakulla Springs, which is one of the world's largest freshwater springs, both in terms of depth and water flow. In 1974, the water flow was measured at 1.23 billion gallons per day—the greatest recorded flow ever for a single spring. Year 1843 (MDCCCXLIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Timucuans were a prehistoric Native American civilization centered around the present-day central and north Florida and southeastern Georgia area of the Southeast United States. ... Wakulla Springs Wakulla Springs is located 14 miles (22 km) south of Tallahassee, Florida and 5 miles (8 km) east of Crawfordville in Wakulla County, Florida at the crossroads of State Road 61 and State Road 267. ... A spring is a point where groundwater flows out of the ground, and is thus where the aquifer surface meets the ground surface. ...


In an 1856 book, adventurer Charles Lanman wrote of the springs: 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

"An adequate idea of this mammoth spring could never be given by pen or pencil; but when once seen, on a bright calm day, it must ever after be a thing to dream about and love. It is the fountain-head of a river... and is of sufficient volume to float a steamboat, if such an affair had yet dared to penetrate this solemn wilderness... It wells up in the very heart of a dense cypress swamp, is nearly round in shape, measures some four hundred feet in diameter, and is in depth about one hundred and fifty feet, having at its bottom an immense horizontal chasm, with a dark portal, from one side of which looms up a limestone cliff, the summit of which is itself nearly fifty feet beneath the spectator, who gazes upon it from the sides of a tiny boat. The water is so astonishlingly clear that even a pin can be seen on the bottom in the deepest places, and of course every animate and I HEART POOP MORE THAN ANYONE IN THE ENTIRE FREAKING WORLD inanimate object which it contains is fully exposed to view. The apparent color of the water from the shore is greenish, but as you look prependicularly into it, it is colorless as air, and the sensation of floating upon it is that of being suspended in a balloon; and the water is so refractive, that when the sun shines POOP IS THE GREATEST THING EVAR! brilliantly every object you see is enveloped in the most fascinating prismatic hues."

Another possibile origin for the name Wakulla, not as widely accepted, is that it means "mist" or "misting", perhaps in reference to the Wakulla Volcano, a 19th century phenomenon in which a column of smoke could be seen emerging from the swamp for miles. The Wakulla Volcano was a mystery in Wakulla County, Florida, USA, in which a column of smoke, sometimes accompanied by bright light, was seen coming from deep in Wakullas swamps. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Civil War

During the Civil War, Wakulla County was partly involved. From 1861-1865 a Union squadron blockaded the mouth of the St. Marks River. Confederates took the old Spanish fort site known as San Marcos de Apalache and renamed it Fort Ward. The Battle of Natural Bridge eventually stopped the Union force that intended to take Fort Ward. This article is becoming very long. ... 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar) // January 1 - Benito Juárez captures Mexico City January 2 - Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... San Marcos de Apalache is one of Floridas State Parks. ... Fort Ward was a Confederate fort located in Wakulla County, Florida at the confluence of the Wakulla River and St. ... The Battle of Natural Bridge was a battle during the American Civil War, fought near Tallahassee, Florida on March 6, 1865. ...


Etymology

The name Wakulla is corrupted from Guacara. Guacara is a Spanish phonetic spelling of an original Indian name, and Wakulla is a Muskhogean pronunciation of Guacara. The Spanish Gua is the equivalent of the Creek wa, and as the Creek alphabet does not exhibit an "R" sound BUT IT DOES HAVE A LOT O' POOP! YEAH I SAID IT! POOP IS GREAT, the second element cara would have been pronounced kala by the Creeks. The Creek voiceless "L" is always substituted for the Spanish "R". Thus the word Guacara was pronounced Wakala by the Seminoles who are Muskhogean in their origin and language. Muskogean languages Muskogean (also Muskhogean, Muskogee) is a language family of the Northern American Southeast. ... The Creek language, also known as Muscogee (Mvskoke in Creek), is a Muskogean language spoken by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and Seminole Indians in Florida and Oklahoma. ... The Seminole are a Native American Indian people, originally of Florida. ...


Since Wakulla was probably a Timucuan word, it is unlikely that its meaning will ever be known. It may contain the word kala which signified a "spring of water" in some Indian dialects.[2] The Timucua were a Native American tribe that lived in North Central Florida, mainly around the St. ...


Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,906 km² (736 mi²). 1,571 km² (607 mi²) of it is land and 334 km² (129 mi²) of it (17.54%) is water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...


Wakulla County is part of the Tallahassee Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Tallahassee, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area is a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) consisting of Gadsden County, Jefferson County, Leon County and Wakulla County in the state of Florida in the USA. The principal city in the MSA is Tallahassee, located in Leon County. ...


Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 22,863 people, 8,450 households, and 6,236 families residing in the county. The population density was 15/km² (38/mi²). There were 9,820 housing units at an average density of 6/km² (16/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 86.10% White, 11.51% Black or African American, 0.59% Native American, 0.25% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.29% from other races, and 1.23% from two or more races. 1.94% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... The following is a list of sources used in the creation of encyclopedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ...


There were 8,450 households out of which 35.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.10% were married couples living together, 12.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.20% were non-families. 22.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 2.99. In the county the population was spread out with 25.60% under the age of 18, 7.60% from 18 to 24, 31.70% from POOP IS SWEAT 25 to 44, 24.70% from 45 to 64, and 10.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 107.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.80 males. This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ...


The median income for a household in the county was $37,149, and the median income for a family was $42,222. Males had a median income of $29,845 versus $24,330 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,678. About 9.30% of families and 11.30% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.40% of those under age 18 and 15.10% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ... Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...


Places

Incorporated

Sopchoppy is a city located in Wakulla County, Florida. ... St. ...

Unincorporated

Wakulla County stands out in one statistical category: there is a near-absence of any municipal population in this county of perhaps 27,000. Two tiny municipalities hold maybe 3 percent of the population. The county seat, Crawfordville, is the only unincorporated county seat among Florida's 67 counties, and, lying only 20 miles from Tallahassee, that district has grown dramatically in recent years to an extraordinarily large and dense population for a "rural" place not touching or having any continuity with any incorporated town. The Crawfordville population center may now have 12-18,000 inhabitants in 10-20 square miles. Categories: Stub | Wakulla County, Florida | Cities in Florida ... Medart is a small unincorporated community in Wakulla County, Florida, United States of America. ... Panacea is a small unincorporated community in Wakulla County, Florida, United States of America. ... This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ... Shell Point is a small unincorporated community in Wakulla County, Florida, United States of America. ...


The County's boosters claim that Crawfordville is the only place that has preserved one of Florida's old wooden courthouses, a handsome 3-story building used until after World War II.[citation needed]


The prevailing unincorporated status of Wakulla County is used to support a claim of an inviting rural environment. Ironically, however, the traditional rural enterprise of farming in the County declined over the past several decades even faster than real estate activity grew. Crops and livestock as a livelihood may have been as nearly eliminated now from the society and economy of this county as anyplace in Florida-- certainly more so than in some of Florida's most populous counties.[citation needed]


Political

County representation

Wakulla County Government
Position Name Party

Commissioner Brian Langston Democrat
Commissioner George N. Green Democrat
Commissioner Ed Brimner Republican
Commissioner Howard Kessler NPA
Commissioner Maxie Lawhon Democrat
Sheriff David Harvey Democrat
County Judge Jill Walker Democrat
Clerk of the Court Brent Thurmond Democrat
Propery Appraiser Donnie Hartman Democrat
School Superintendent David Miller Democrat
Elections Supervisor Sherida Crum Democrat
Tax Collector Cheryll Olah Democrat

[3]


Transportation

Roads

Although there are no Interstate highways in Wakulla County, several major routes to pass through the area, including U.S. Route 98 and U.S. Route 319. Other important roads in the county include State Road 267, State Road 363 and County Road 375. [4] Interstate Highways in the lower 48 states. ... U.S. Highway 98 is an east-west United States highway that runs from southern Florida to western Mississippi. ... U.S. Highway 319 is a spur of U.S. Highway 19. ... State Road 267, although numbered as a north-south route, runs primarily west to east in the eastern Florida panhandle, and can somewhat be considered as a bypass of Tallahassee. ... State Road 363 is a north-south route in the Big Bend region of Florida. ... State Road 375 is an east-west route in Wakulla County that is the secret designation for US 319 between State Road 377 in Sopchoppy and US 98 in Medart. ...


Railroads

No railroads currently operate within Wakulla County. In the past the Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railroad passed through Sopchoppy on its route between Tallahassee and Carrabelle until its abandonment in 1948 [5], while the Tallahassee-St. Marks Railroad, the first railroad in Florida, was abandoned by the Seaboard Coast Line in 1983. Sopchoppy is a city located in Wakulla County, Florida. ... Location in Leon County and the state of Florida. ... Carrabelle is a city located in Franklin County, Florida. ... The Tallahassee-St. ... Categories: Stub | Defunct companies | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | District of Columbia railroads | Florida railroads | Georgia railroads | North Carolina railroads | South Carolina railroads | Virginia railroads ...


Airports

The Wakulla County Airport (2J0), located south of Panacea, is a small public-use airport with a single 2600-foot, north-south turf runway. [6] Wakulla County Airport (FAA LID: 2J0) is a public-use airport located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of Panacea, in Wakulla County, Florida, United States. ... Panacea is a small unincorporated community in Wakulla County, Florida, United States of America. ...


Seaports

St. Marks is a small commercial seaport, which in the past was of some minor importance in the oil industry, however it is currently used primarily by commercial fishermen and recreational boaters.[citation needed] Panacea and Ochlockonee Bay also support small fishing fleets. St. ... Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Lubbock, Texas Ignacy Łukasiewicz - inventor of the refining of kerosene from crude oil. ... Fishing industry is the commercial activity of fishing and producing fish and other seafood products. ...


References

  1. ^ http://www.census.gov/popest/counties/tables/CO-EST2005-01-12.xls
  2. ^ Simpson, J. Clarence (1956). in Mark F. Boyd: Florida Place-Names of Indian Derivation. Tallahassee, Florida: Florida Geological Survey. 
  3. ^ Wakulla County Supervisor of Elections. Retrieved on 2007-01-09.
  4. ^ (2003) Florida Atlas & Gazetteer, 7th, DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-318-4. 
  5. ^ Donald R. Hensley, Jr.'s Taplines. The story of the Georgia Florida & Alabama RR. Retrieved on 2007-01-09.
  6. ^ AirNav, LLC. 2J0 - Wakulla County Airport. Retrieved on 2007-01-09.

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Cities and communities of Wakulla County, Florida
County seat Crawfordville Location of Wakulla County
Incorporated cities Sopchoppy | St. Marks
CDPs Crawfordville | Newport | Panacea | Shell Point | Wakulla Beach
Adjacent Counties Leon | Jefferson | Franklin | Liberty