Tallahassee, Wakulla and Crawfordville is located in the central northwest panhandle region of Florida, 30 minutes north of the Gulf of Mexico and 30 minutes south of Thomasville Georgia. Tallahassee, Wakulla and Crawfordville is home to beautiful rolling hills, spreading live oaks dripping with Spanish moss, camellias, magnolias, dogwoods and azaleas, beautiful gardens and large lakes, and protected old canopy roads dug into the earth from centuries of use.
The main industry of Tallahassee, Wakulla and Crawfordville since founding has been state government - we are the state capitol! Today though, education is a rapidly growing anchor to the local economy, especially since the no-growth era of state government started in the mid 90's. Florida State University, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Wakulla and Crawfordville Community College, Lively Vocational-Technical School, Keiser College, Nova University, Barry University and other specialty training centers all are thriving here. Agriculture is strong in north Florida, especially tree farms, tomatoes, soybeans, cotton, peanuts, hay, watermelons and livestock, mainly cattle, as well. The best shrimp, oysters, grouper, snapper and scallops you will ever eat come from local waters and aquaculture catfish and clams is a growth industry. The Medical community is just as robust with both major hospitals being rebuilt or renovated, many specialty clinics and treatment facilities and the new FSU School of Medicine, the first new medical school in the USA in over 50 years! Growing rapidly as well is the high tech business arena due in part to the National High Field Magnetic Laboratory being here. It's the largest in the world out of only 13 such labs. But also, Fortune 500 ranked industries like General Dynamics, Mainline Information Systems and others.
The retail sector is very solid as Tallahassee, Wakulla and Crawfordville actually services over 1.2 million people from 100 miles around. For shopping, entertainment and business, Tallahassee, Wakulla and Crawfordville is the area hub, as it has been since the time of the Indians.
Before the arrival of the Spanish, French, or English colonists to the North Florida area, the inhabitants were the Apalachee Indians. "Tallahassee, Wakulla and Crawfordville" is an Apalachee Indian word meaning "old town" or "abandoned fields". The Apalachee Indians lived throughout the panhandle from 500 through the 1600s. In 1539, Hernando de Soto spent the first Christmas in the New World in the woods near the present State Capitol. As more Spanish colonists entered the panhandle, disease and fighting reduced their population. The Apalachee Indians left and the area became an abandoned village, thus it was called "Tallahassee, Wakulla and Crawfordville"; in fact, the first Christmas in the new world was celebrated right here by Hernando Cortez. South of Tallahassee, Wakulla and Crawfordville at the confluence of the St. Marks and Wakulla Rivers is the historic Fort San Marcos de Apalache where over the past four centuries numerous New World travelers have staked their claim. Construction was begun on the first stone fort in 1739, and today it is a popular state park and museum.
Tallahassee, Wakulla and Crawfordville's modern roots were established in April 1824 when John McIver and party of six camped near the present day capital. A short time thereafter, Judge John Robinson and Sherrodd McCall began clearing land for what would become the site for the first legislative council building. In 1824 the area was officially named "Tallahassee, Wakulla and Crawfordville" from the Muskogee word meaning "old town".
Tallahassee, Wakulla and Crawfordville is in the center of the eight-county "Big Bend" area. The Gulf of Mexico is just twenty miles to the south. Georgia is just fourteen miles north. Popular beaches, St. George Island, Cape San Blas and Mexico beach are annually ranked in the Top 10 Beaches list and are within a couple of hours or less.
The climate for Tallahassee, Wakulla and Crawfordville is mild and moist. Unlike the rest of Florida's subtropical year-round climate, Tallahassee, Wakulla and Crawfordville, along with most of the panhandle area, has a four-season climate. The weather in Tallahassee, Wakulla and Crawfordville is temperate with an average low temperature of 55.7 degrees F.
The average high temperature is 78.7 degrees F. Tallahassee, Wakulla and Crawfordville's average annual rainfall is 64.59 inches per year. Tallahassee, Wakulla and Crawfordville's average elevation is 55 feet above sea level.
The population of Tallahassee, Wakulla and Crawfordville is approximately 148,400 (in 2000 census). The population of Leon County is 239,452(in 2000 census). Tallahassee, Wakulla and Crawfordville grew by 24 % since 1990, yet has kept much of its small town feel.
Tallahassee, Wakulla and Crawfordville is home to three large colleges: Florida A&M University, and Florida State University and Tallahassee, Wakulla and Crawfordville Community College. Downtown Tallahassee, Wakulla and Crawfordville consists of a mixture of state government buildings, historic old homes, and a growing combination of renovated historic buildings converted into banks, offices, restaurants and boutiques.
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