Tallahassee Capital of Florida

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, 1993

1. Tallahassee Capital of Florida Marker

Inscription. DeSoto wintered here (1539-40). In 1633, the Spaniards established a chain of forts and missions to convert Apalache Indians. These were destroyed by the British in 1704 and the area reverted to wilderness. This site was selected as the capital of the Territory of Florida in 1824, and Congress granted Lafayette a township for his service during the Revolution. Tallahassee became the antebellum center of the Florida cotton belt and was the only Confederate capital east of the Mississippi not taken in the War. It is the home of Florida State University (1857) and Florida A.&M. University (1887).

Erected 1961 by Florida Board of Parks and Historic Memorials in cooperation with the City of Tallahassee. (Marker Number F-17.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Exploration • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 1824.

Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 30° 24.04′ N, 84° 21.227′ W. Marker was in Tallahassee, Florida, in Leon County. It could be reached from Capital Circle Southwest (State Road 263) 0.3 miles

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west of Terminal Loop Road. Marker was formerly located in the parking area of the old Tallahassee International Airport terminal. When the new terminal opened, the marker disappeared. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 3240 Capital Cir Southwest, Tallahassee FL 32310, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in North Florida.

It was also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Bellevue (approx. 0.9 miles away); West Campus of the Florida State University-Tallahassee Branch the University of Florida (approx. 2.2 miles away); Dale Mabry Field (approx. 3 miles away); Jack Gaither Golf Course (approx. 3.4 miles away); Mission San Luis

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2. Tallahassee Capital of Florida Marker

(approx. 3.9 miles away); Welcome to Mission San Luis de Apalachee (approx. 3.9 miles away); The Land of the Apalachee (approx. 3.9 miles away); New Ways, New Faces (approx. 3.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tallahassee.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 8, 2019. It was originally submitted on January 28, 2019, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 481 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 28, 2019, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.