De - Funiak Springs, Florida De - Funiak Springs, Florida Walton County Courthouse Walton County Courthouse Location in Walton County and the state of Florida Location in Walton County and the state of Florida State Florida County Walton De - Funiak Springs is a town/city in Walton County, Florida, United States.
It is the governmental center of county of Walton County.
Like much of Northwest Florida, De - Funiak Springs was settled mainly by Scots from Virginia and the Carolinas.
De - Funiak Springs was established as a final-destination resort, and the developers enlisted the cooperation and aid of the Chautauqua Movement.
The Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood, an auditorium seating 4,000, was constructed on Lake De - Funiak in the center of town.
However, a charitable foundation, The Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood Foundation, Inc., has undertaken a capital campaign for the historic restoration of the building. The westerly portion of the building facing Circle Drive is still in use.
As part of the intellectual atmosphere of the town, a college and a private high school (named Palmer College and Palmer Academy, in the order given), as well as a technical school (Thomas Industrial Institute) and a teacher training school (Florida Normal College) were established in the 19th century.
Florida Normal College was later incorporated into Florida State University, while the other schools closed amid the Great Depression.
As demonstrated through the Chautauqua movement, many inhabitants of De - Funiak Springs have always had an active hand in education.
In 1886, the town held an meaningful meeting that forever changed the course of enhance education in Florida.
At this meeting, teachers from around the state formed the Florida Education Association.
Near the Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood building is the Walton County Library on Circle Drive, the earliest extant library in the state of Florida. The library contains an interesting assortment of antiquities, including an impressive medieval weapon compilation and many first-edition books.
Also situated on Circle Drive are the Walton County Heritage Museum, homed in the former L&N barns depot, and St.
Although Walton County was opposed to secession, the first monument to the Confederate war dead constructed in Florida is positioned on the lawn of the Walton County Courthouse.
A chicken refining plant directed by Perdue Farms at De - Funiak Springs was closed in April 2004. De - Funiak Springs is positioned at 30 43'N 86 7'W (30.721,-86.119). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 11.2 square miles (29 km2), of which 11.0 square miles (28 km2) is land, and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2) (2.49%) is water.
De - Funiak Springs has a humid subtropical climate.
Climate data for De - Funiak Springs, Florida (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.6% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 21.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
A caboose outside the old L & N barns depot, now the Walton County Heritage Museum.
Winter sunset on Lake De - Funiak, positioned in downtown De - Funiak Springs.
Lake De - Funiak in the daytime, from behind the Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood.
De - Funiak Springs Historic District Walton County Courthouse Walton County Heritage Museum Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood Foundation Inc.
The Library, the Chautauqua, and the barns s in De - Funiak Springs.
Fort Walton Beach, Florida, "Today in Local History", Northwest Florida Daily News,Friday 17 April 2015, Volume 69, page A5.
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De - Funiak Herald journal that serves De - Funiak Springs, Florida is available in full-text with images in Florida Digital Newspaper Library Municipalities and communities of Walton County, Florida, United States
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