Marianna, Florida Marianna, Florida Marianna City Hall Marianna City Hall Location in Jackson County and the state of Florida Location in Jackson County and the state of Florida Country United States State Florida Marianna is a town/city in Jackson County, Florida, United States.
It is the governmental center of county of Jackson County and is home to Chipola College.
The official nickname of Marianna is "The City of Southern Charm." Marianna was established in 1828 by Scottish entrepreneur Scott Beverege and titled the town after his wife, Mary and her friend Anna combining their names to form Marianna, it was titled the governmental center of county the following year, supplanting the earlier settlement of Webbville, which soon dissolved and no longer exists.
Marianna was platted along the Chipola River and many plantation owners from North Carolina relocated to Jackson County for the fertile soil.
It is the final resting place of the Confederate governor of Florida, Governor John Milton, and the scene of a Civil War battle between a small home guard of about 150 boys, older men, and wounded soldiers, and a contingent of approximately 700 Federal troops.
Governor Milton owned Sylvania Plantation and hundreds of slaves, was the governor of Florida amid the Civil War years.
Governor Milton was vehemently against the Confederate States of America reuniting with the United States of America.
In late spring 1865, as federal troops were preparing to take control of Tallahassee, Governor Milton received word the Civil War had ended and that Florida would, once again, be part of the United States.
Marianna was also the site of the 1934 brutal torture and lynching of Claude Neal, an African American man accused of rape and murder.
The nationwide publicity generated by the lynching, and resulting protests, played a momentous part in the history of the United States by helping to inspire nationwide anti-lynching laws.
The Florida School for Boys, a reform school directed by the state of Florida, was positioned in Marianna from January 1, 1900, to June 30, 2011.
For a time, it was the biggest juvenile reform institution in the United States.
Many of the allegations were confirmed by separate investigations by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in 2010 and the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice in 2011.
In 2015, an investigation by the University of South Florida revealed details of a secret "rape dungeon", where boys younger than 12 were sexually abused, and positively identified five bodies from those recovered at the site. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 8.1 square miles (21 km2), of which 8.0 square miles (21 km2) is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) (0.37%) is water.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.7% under the age of 18, 11.8% from 18 to 24, 22.3% from 25 to 44, 18.4% from 45 to 64, and 20.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Dozier School for Boys was positioned in Marianna.
Jackson County School Board operates enhance K-12 schools.
Marianna has five schools, all of which usually perform in the high C-low B range in the state's FCAT undertaking scale.
Golson for grades K-2, Riverside Elementary for grades 3-5, Marianna Middle School for grades 6-8, and Marianna High School for grades 9-12.
Chipola College, home of the Chipola Indians, is the choice for many inhabitants and offers dual-enrollment classes for high school students.
Additionally, students can earn Masters and Doctoral degrees on the Chipola Campus through Troy State University, University of Florida, University of West Florida, and Florida State University.
It closed in 1966 after passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the opening of Chipola Junior College (today Chipola College) to all students. Marianna Municipal Airport, a former World War II Army Air Corps base, is a public-use airport positioned 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of the central company district.
Marianna is an official Florida Main Street town.
Florida Caverns State Park is positioned near the town.
John Milton, Governor of Florida amid the Civil War United States Enumeration Bureau.
Smith, The Magnificent Twelve: Florida's Black Junior Colleges, Winter Park, Florida, FOUR-G Publishers, 1994, ISBN 1885 - 066015, pp.
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