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Pinhook River
The Pinhook River is a river located in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County, Florida.https://naturalatlas.com/rivers/pinhook-979000 NA It drains into Apalachee Bay Apalachee Bay is a bay in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico occupying an indentation of the Florida coast to the west of where the Florida peninsula joins the United States mainland. It is bordered by Taylor County, Florida, Taylor, Jefferson Coun .... References Rivers of Jefferson County, Florida {{florida-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jefferson County, Florida
Jefferson County is a County (United States), county located in the Big Bend (Florida), Big Bend region in the North Florida, northern part of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 14,510. Its county seat is Monticello, Florida, Monticello. Jefferson County is part of the Tallahassee, Florida, Tallahassee, FL Tallahassee, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, Metropolitan Statistical Area but is the 3rd most Rural area, rural county in Florida. There are no traffic light, traffic signals within the entire county. History Jefferson County was created in 1827. It was named for Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, who had died the year before the county's establishment. Forts of Jefferson County * Fort Roger Jones (1839), Aucilla (Ocilla Ferry), north of US 90. * Fort Noel (1839–1842), south of Lamont on the Aucilla River, six miles (10 km) northwest of Fort Pleasant in Taylor County. Also known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida and Cuba; it is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Spanning , Florida ranks 22nd in area among the 50 states, and with a population of over 21 million, it is the third-most populous. The state capital is Tallahassee, and the most populous city is Jacksonville. The Miami metropolitan area, with a population of almost 6.2 million, is the most populous urban area in Florida and the ninth-most populous in the United States; other urban conurbations with over one million people are Tampa Bay, Orlando, and Jacksonville. Various Native American groups have inhabited Florida for at least 14,000 years. In 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León became the first k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apalachee Bay
Apalachee Bay is a bay in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico occupying an indentation of the Florida coast to the west of where the Florida peninsula joins the United States mainland. It is bordered by Taylor County, Florida, Taylor, Jefferson County, Florida, Jefferson, Wakulla County, Florida, Wakulla, and Franklin County, Florida, Franklin counties. The Aucilla River, Aucilla, Econfina River, Econfina, St. Marks River, St. Marks, and Ochlockonee River, Ochlockonee rivers drain into the bay. In 1528 five boats were constructed by Pánfilo de Narváez in the bay. It is named for the Apalachee tribe which lived between the Aucilla and Ochlockonee rivers until the 18th century. Most of the bay's coast is the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. Underwater archaeological sites Beginning in the 1980s submerged archaeological sites have been identified and examined on the seabed of Apalachee Bay. During the height of the last glacial period, global sea levels were at least lower than i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
