Waukeenah is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

and

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(CDP) in

Jefferson County, Florida Jefferson County is a county located in the Big Bend region in the northern part of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,510. Its county seat is Monticello. Jefferson County is part of the Tallahassee, F ...

, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 259, down from 272 at the 2010 census. It is part of the

Tallahassee metropolitan area The Tallahassee metropolitan area is the metropolitan area centered on Tallahassee, the capital of the U.S. state of Florida, in Leon County. It is located in the center of North Florida in the Florida panhandle. The Tallahassee Metropolitan S ...

. Waukeenah Academy was a school in the area.

Samuel Pasco Samuel Pasco (June 28, 1834March 13, 1917) was an American politician and Confederate soldier who served as a U.S. Senator from Florida. He is the only Confederate private ever elected to the U.S. Senate. Biography Pasco was born in London, Engl ...

was its principal. It did not survive the Civil War era. The

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have a photos of its teachers and pupils.

Geography

Waukeenah is located at (30.4111, -83.9531), near the intersection of

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/ State Road 20 and County Road 259. It is southwest of

Monticello Monticello ( ) was the primary residence and plantation of Thomas Jefferson, a Founding Father, author of the Declaration of Independence, and the third president of the United States. Jefferson began designing Monticello after inheriting l ...

, the Jefferson

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, and east of

Tallahassee Tallahassee ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of and the only incorporated municipality in Leon County. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2024, the est ...

, the state capital. Waukeenah was once a resting point for travelers using the Old St. Augustine road, which started in

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and went to

Pensacola, Florida Pensacola ( ) is a city in the Florida panhandle in the United States. It is the county seat and only incorporated city, city in Escambia County, Florida, Escambia County. The population was 54,312 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. ...

Nomenclature

John G. Gamble's plantation was named ''Joaquina'' in honor of a Spanish descent lady who lived in Pensacola. The post office established at the plantation was moved to the crossing of Tallahassee and St. Augustine Roads in 1841. First called ''Marion Cross Road'' (Marion Post Office) until 1850 when the settlement there was once again named ''Joaquina'', but this time the spelling was Anglicized into Waukeenah.

Census

According to the

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, the Waukeenah CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 2.04%, are water.

Education

Jefferson County Schools operates public schools, including

Jefferson County Middle / High School Jefferson County Middle / High School (JCMHS) is a public school in unincorporated Jefferson County, Florida, with a Monticello postal address. A part of Jefferson County Schools, it serves grades 6 - 12. The school's mascot is a tiger and th ...

Demographics

References

Unincorporated communities in Jefferson County, Florida Tallahassee metropolitan area Unincorporated communities in Florida Census-designated places in Florida {{JeffersonCountyFL-geo-stub