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Live Oak, Florida. / 30.29444°N 82.98583°W / 30.29444; -82.98583. Live Oak is a city and the county seat of Suwannee County, Florida, United States. [4] The city is located at the midpoint between Tallahassee and Jacksonville. As of 2020, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 6,735.
Live Oak Plantation, Florida. Coordinates: 30.491654°N 84.264407°W. Live Oak Plantation was originally a small cotton plantation of 1,560 acres (630 ha) located in central Leon County, Florida, United States established by John Branch who arrived in Florida in 1832 and served as Florida Territorial Governor while living at Live Oak for 15 years.
Victim of lynching. Willie James Howard (July 13, 1928 – January 2, 1944) was a 15-year-old African-American living in Live Oak, Suwannee County, Florida. He was lynched for having given Christmas cards to all his co-workers at the Van Priest Dime Store, including Cynthia Goff, a white girl, followed by a letter to her on New Year's Day.
The Live Oak, Tampa and Charlotte Harbor Railroad was a historic railroad in Florida chartered by railroad tycoon Henry B. Plant. It was built as an extension of Plant's Live Oak and Rowlands Bluff Railroad. Together, the two lines ran from Live Oak, Florida to Gainesville via High Springs. The lines were completed in 1884.
Live oak was widely used in early American butt shipbuilding.Because of the trees' short height and low-hanging branches, lumber from live oaks was used in curved parts of the frame, such as knee braces (single-piece, L-shaped braces that spring inward from the side and support the deck), in which the grain runs perpendicular to structural stress, making for exceptional strength.
George Allison House. / 30.30028°N 82.98861°W / 30.30028; -82.98861. The George F. Allison House is a historic house located at 418 West Duval Street in Live Oak, Florida, United States. It is locally significant as the home of George F. Allison, who was a pioneering Live Oak businessman during the city's formative commercial years as ...
85000360 [1] Added to NRHP. February 28, 1985. The Bishop B. Blackwell House (also known as the Weldon House) is a historic house located at 110 Parshley Street, off U.S. 129 in Live Oak, Florida. It was completed circa 1887 by banker and state legislator Bishop Bascom Blackwell. It is believed to be the oldest exiting brick house in North ...
Suwannee County is a county located in the north central portion of the state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 43,474, [1] up from 41,551 in 2010. [2] Its county seat is Live Oak. [3] Suwannee County was a dry county until August 2011, when the sale of alcoholic beverages became legal in the county.