Cross Creek in Alachua County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Cross Creek
Beloved Home of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
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Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, November 1, 2021
1. Cross Creek Marker
Literary Landmarks Register
Cross Creek
Beloved home of
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
From 1928 to 1953
Designated by the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Society and the Florida Center for the Book
on the occasion of her 100th birthday
August 8, 1996
Erected 1996 by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society; and Florida Center for the Book.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Settlements & Settlers • Women. In addition, it is included in the Literary Landmarks series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1928.
Location. 29° 28.831′ N, 82° 9.617′ W. Marker is in Cross Creek, Florida, in Alachua County. It can be reached from County Road 325 north of Southeast 190th Place, on the left when traveling north. Marker is mounted in an interpretive kiosk on the west side of the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park parking lot. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 18700 South County Road 325, Hawthorne FL 32640, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Florida. It is also in the American South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds 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 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings House and Farmyard (within shouting distance of this marker); Kate Barnes Boat Ramp
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Regarding Cross Creek. National Register of Historic Places #70000176.
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Also see . . .
1. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896-1953) was a well-known American writer of the 1930s and 40s who drew material for her stories from the rugged Alachua County region and, in particular, a small unincorporated community of Cross Creek, situated about 20 miles southeast of Gainesville. In 1939, her book, The Yearling, won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction. A 1946 movie based on the book and starring Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman
2. Marker detail: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
at her writing table
at her writing table
2. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings History and Legacy. In 1928 Marjorie bought a 72-acre orange grove near Cross Creek, Florida, and she and her husband moved there in November of that year. It was the place and people she encountered that inspired her greatest literary successes. Marjorie did much of her writing on her screened porch, working at her typewriter on a table constructed by Charles Rawlings. (Submitted on November 1, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
3. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park. Visitors to this old Florida homestead can walk back in time to 1930s farm life when Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings lived and worked in the tiny community of Cross Creek. Her book about her life here, "Cross Creek," will take you directly back to life on this land and in this community. (Submitted on November 1, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
4. Literary Landmark: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings house. Official American Library Association page explaining the literary significance of this landmark. Additional resources & links are included. (Submitted on August 15, 2025, by Annette Fillmore of York, Pennsylvania.)
3. Marker detail: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings with her pointer Moe in the Big Scrub
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, November 1, 2021
4. Cross Creek Marker Kiosk
"Cross Creek belongs to the wind and the rain, to the sun and the seasons, to the cosmic secrecy of seed, and beyond all, to time
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Cross Creek (1941)
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Cross Creek (1941)
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, November 1, 2021
5. Cross Creek Marker Kiosk
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, November 1, 2021
6. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Orange Grove & House
Credits. This page was last revised on August 17, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 1, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 593 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on November 1, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
