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Dunns Creek State Park

Coordinates: 29°28′28″N 81°35′27″W / 29.47444°N 81.59083°W / 29.47444; -81.59083
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Dunns Creek State Park
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Map showing the location of Dunns Creek State Park
Map showing the location of Dunns Creek State Park
Map showing the location of Dunns Creek State Park
Map showing the location of Dunns Creek State Park
LocationPutnam County, Florida, USA
Nearest cityCrescent City, Florida
Coordinates29°28′28″N 81°35′27″W / 29.47444°N 81.59083°W / 29.47444; -81.59083
Governing bodyFlorida Department of Environmental Protection

Dunns Creek State Park is a Florida State Park, located approximately 15 miles south of Palatka, on US 17.

History

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Native Americans used this site as evidenced by the fairly widespread burial mounds. During the 1920s, a steamboat stop provided wood and water to citrus loaded ships. The area was also used as a post office for the towns of Pomona and Sisco. The 6,000-acre property was the site of turpentining, logging, cattle ranching and farming operations within the last century. Located south of a sharp bend in the St. Johns River along Dunns Creek (which connects to Crescent Lake), the park was added to the state park system in October 2001.[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Florida State Parks 75th Anniversary 1935 - 2010". Floridastateparks.org. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
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