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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Clay County, Florida
Adjacent to Clay County, Florida
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Old Church Road 0.2 miles north of Augusta Drive, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Hibernia Plantation was founded in 1790 by Irish immigrant George Fleming on a 1,000-acre grant from the Governor of Spanish East Florida. George died in 1821 and his son Lewis inherited Hibernia. Lewis had three children by his first wife. After . . . — — Map (db m128318) HM |
| Near Ball Road 0.3 miles west of Route 17, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Created in 1932, Camp Chowenwaw (Cho’-wen-waw) derived its name from the Creek word for “sister.” Prominent Jacksonville resident Nancy Osborne, with support from local organizations such as the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs, led the effort . . . — — Map (db m102456) HM |
| On South Magnolia Avenue at Spring Street, on the left when traveling north on South Magnolia Avenue. |
| | Originally from Indiana, Dr. Joseph W. Applegate moved to Florida after the Civil War to work with the Freedmen's Bureau at Magnolia Springs. He later partnered with John H. Harris to operate the Clarendon Hotel (c. 1871) in Green Cove Springs. By . . . — — Map (db m135555) HM |
| On Leonard C. Taylor Parkway (State Road 16), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Pupo is first mentioned in 1716 as the place where the trail from the Franciscan Indian missions and the Apalachee (present-day Tallahassee) to St. Augustine crossed the river. The Spanish Government built the fort on the St. Johns River some time . . . — — Map (db m62187) HM |
| On Walnut Street near St Johns Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | High ground along the river and a flowing mineral spring drew the first inhabitants to this area some 7000 years ago, but historic development dates from 1816 when George I. F. Clarke erected a sawmill in this vicinity under a Spanish land grant. . . . — — Map (db m63712) HM |
| On Idlewild Avenue (Florida Route 16) 0.2 miles west of Sunset Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Hickory Grove Baptist Church was organized in 1863, and the church’s congregation first worshiped here in one of the earliest buildings constructed in Clay County. The church was named for a grove of hickory trees that grew here. The original . . . — — Map (db m102455) HM |
| On Walnut Street near Brabantio Avenue, on the left when traveling west. |
| | When Clay County was created in 1858 by the Florida Legislature, Middleburg was named as temporary county seat. As a result of an 1859 election, Whitesville (Webster), became the official county court site. Clay County's 1st courthouse was located . . . — — Map (db m65638) HM |
| On Sharron Road at Sweet Moody Road, on the left when traveling east on Sharron Road. |
| | Organized by the Rev. James Hickey. Charter Members: Robert and Adeline Hogarth, Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Tolar, Mrs. Sarah Smith, Mrs. Mahoney, Mr. and Mrs. R.B. Sullivant, and Mrs. Celia Weeks. Property for church given by T.H. and C.B. Hayden. Cemetery . . . — — Map (db m110522) HM |
| On US 17 (County Road 15) at Bellamy Road, on the right when traveling south on US 17. |
| | The Old Bellamy Road intersects Highway 17 near this point. In 1824, the First session of the 18th United States Congress appropriated $20,000.00 to develop a public road in the Territory of Florida between Pensacola and St. Augustine. It was to . . . — — Map (db m62644) HM |
| On Palmetto Avenue near Palmer Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | On February 20, 1883, the Village Improvement Association (V.I.A.) of Green Cove Springs was organized. Meetings were held in members’ homes. Money was raised to beautify the town, most of which was used for boardwalks, and 70 feet of clay pavement . . . — — Map (db m65099) HM |
| On State Road 21 at Treat Road, on the right when traveling south on State Road 21. |
| | Situated on the site of Camp Blanding, between Sandhill and Brooklyn lakes, are the remnants of Magnolia Lake State Park. A relic from the time of segregation, Magnolia Lake was built to provide separate facilities to serve African American . . . — — Map (db m135964) HM |
| On State Road 100 0.3 miles east of Swan Lake Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The Old Bellamy Road intersects Highway 100 near this point. In 1824, the First session of the 18th United States Congress appropriated $20,000.00 to develop a public road in the Territory of Florida between Pensacola and St. Augustine. It was to . . . — — Map (db m94394) HM |
| On Blanding Boulevard (Florida Route 21) at Scenic Drive, on the right when traveling north on Blanding Boulevard. |
| | Fort Heilman, named after Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Julius F. Heilman, was built in the mid 1830´s at the spot where the north and south forks of Black Creek join. It was a temporary wooden stockade used during the First Seminole War as a . . . — — Map (db m102605) HM |
| On Blanding Boulevard (Florida Route 21) west of Parsonage Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Roy Stanley Geiger, the “Father of Marine Corps Aviation,” was born on January 25, 1885, in his family home on what is now the campus of Middleburg First Baptist Church. He served as a school teacher, principal, and lawyer. Geiger joined . . . — — Map (db m102461) HM |
| On Main Street at Wharf Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street. |
| | Middleburg developed in the early 1800s as a transportation center linking the St. Johns River with the peninsular interior. Originally settled in the 1820s as Clark´s Ferry, a crossing on Black Creek, it became a major military entrepot during the . . . — — Map (db m102459) HM |
| On Main Street at Butler Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Main Street. |
| | Founded on or before July 27, 1828 by Isaac Boring, a Methodist Circuit Riding Preacher. First known as The Black Creek Methodist Church. This frontier Methodist society met in homes until the present church was built in 1847. In continuous use . . . — — Map (db m102460) HM |
| On Main Street at Wharf Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street. |
| | Samuel B. Thompson owned and operated
dock and warehouses at the foot of
Thompson St. (now Wharf St., name changed
about 1951). Thompson's warehouses were
burned by Union soldiers in 1864.
After the Civil War, Albert S. Chalker
operated . . . — — Map (db m70285) HM |
| On Kingsley Avenue at Park Avenue (Route 17), on the right when traveling west on Kingsley Avenue. |
| | Orange Park was the site of a cotton and citrus British plantation, Laurel Grove, which was established by William and Rebecca Pengree during Florida’s British Period (1763-1783). Following the American Revolution, Florida was returned to . . . — — Map (db m102603) HM |
| Near Park Avenue (U.S. 17) south of Kingsley Avenue (Florida Route 224), on the right when traveling south. |
| | The 1885 Florida Constitution mandated the segregated education of black and white students in public schools. In 1891, the American Missionary Association (AMA) opened the private Orange Park Normal and Industrial School at this site to educate . . . — — Map (db m150638) HM |
| On Kingsley Avenue at River Road, in the median on Kingsley Avenue. |
| | During the War Between the States, the St. Johns River was a highway to Florida's interior. Lacking warships to counter the Union Navy's control of the river, Confederate forces turned to the use of torpedoes (submerged naval mines). On March 30, . . . — — Map (db m67084) HM |
| On State Road 16 just east of Polling Boulevard, on the right when traveling east. |
| | James Cash Penney (1876-1971), philanthropist and founder of J.C. Penney Department Stores, purchased 120,000 acres in Clay County and invited farmers to claim 40-acre tracts by clearing the land, building houses, growing crops and raising . . . — — Map (db m101184) HM |
| On State Road 16 near Tallahassee Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Camp Blanding, established as a National Guard base in 1939, is named for Major
General Albert Blanding (1876-1970) who commanded a brigade in WWI, was awarded the Distinguished
Service Medal, and was Chief of the National Guard Bureau. He . . . — — Map (db m70317) HM |
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