Yellow Jacket is an unincorporated community alongside the
Suwanee River in
Dixie County, Florida
Dixie County is a county located in the Big Bend region of the northern part of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,759. Its county seat is Cross City.
History
Dixie County was created in 1921 from the so ...
. It is home to the Yellow Jacket RV Resort and a boat ramp. Yellow Jacket borders the
Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge's 20 mile estuarian preserve along the Suwannee River that continues southwest to the Gulf Coast. Yellow Jacket is off County Road 349 south of
Old Town, Florida. A succession of timber companies including
Putnam Lumber Company Putnam may refer to:
People
* Putnam (surname)
Places Canada
* Putnam, Ontario, community in Thames Centre
United States
* Putnam, Alabama
* Putnam, Connecticut, a New England town
** Putnam (CDP), Connecticut, the main village in the tow ...
have been active in the area around Yellow Jacket. Large yellow jacket nests have been found in this region of Florida including one pictured 4 miles north of
Tennille, Florida in 1953.
References
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Dixie County, Florida