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Chattahoochee, Florida
Chattahoochee is a city in Gadsden County, Florida, United States. Its history dates to the Spanish era. It is part of the Tallahassee, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,955 as of the 2020 census, down from 3,652 at the 2010 census.
Chattahoochee sits on the banks of the Apalachicola River. It is connected by the Apalachicola and Victory bridges to neighboring Sneads, Florida, which is in Jackson County.
Chattahoochee has its own police force with more than ten sworn officers and a police chief. Chattahoochee is a name derived from the Creek language, meaning "marked rocks".
The area was inhabited by indigenous peoples who built earthwork mounds in the area (Chattahoochee Landing Mounds). It was later occupied by the Creek people, who were pushed out by European encroachment.
After European-American settlement in this area in the early 19th century, residents first named the community Mount Vernon in the 1820s. This was in honor of former President George Washington's Virginia plantation.
The British had built a fort, Nicolls' Outpost, when they controlled the srea. was built in the area. The Scott Massacre of 1817 took place here. A ferry was established to give travelers and tradesmen access to other settlements across the river.
Chattahoochee is located in the northwest corner of Gadsden County at 30°42′N 84°50′W / 30.700°N 84.833°W (30.703, –84.847). It is bordered to the west by the Apalachicola River, formed by the juncture of the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers within Lake Seminole just north of the city. The northern border of Chattahoochee follows the Florida–Georgia state line, and the Apalachicola River forms the Gadsden–Jackson county line.
U.S. Route 90 passes through the middle of Chattahoochee as Washington Street; it leads southeast 19 miles (31 km) to Quincy, the Gadsden County seat, and west 5 miles (8 km) to Sneads and 24 miles (39 km) to Marianna. Tallahassee, the state capital, is 43 miles (69 km) to the southeast. Main Street (Little Sycamore Road outside the city limits) leads south 6 miles (10 km) via Flat Creek Road to Interstate 10 at Exit 166.
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Chattahoochee, Florida
Chattahoochee is a city in Gadsden County, Florida, United States. Its history dates to the Spanish era. It is part of the Tallahassee, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,955 as of the 2020 census, down from 3,652 at the 2010 census.
Chattahoochee sits on the banks of the Apalachicola River. It is connected by the Apalachicola and Victory bridges to neighboring Sneads, Florida, which is in Jackson County.
Chattahoochee has its own police force with more than ten sworn officers and a police chief. Chattahoochee is a name derived from the Creek language, meaning "marked rocks".
The area was inhabited by indigenous peoples who built earthwork mounds in the area (Chattahoochee Landing Mounds). It was later occupied by the Creek people, who were pushed out by European encroachment.
After European-American settlement in this area in the early 19th century, residents first named the community Mount Vernon in the 1820s. This was in honor of former President George Washington's Virginia plantation.
The British had built a fort, Nicolls' Outpost, when they controlled the srea. was built in the area. The Scott Massacre of 1817 took place here. A ferry was established to give travelers and tradesmen access to other settlements across the river.
Chattahoochee is located in the northwest corner of Gadsden County at 30°42′N 84°50′W / 30.700°N 84.833°W (30.703, –84.847). It is bordered to the west by the Apalachicola River, formed by the juncture of the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers within Lake Seminole just north of the city. The northern border of Chattahoochee follows the Florida–Georgia state line, and the Apalachicola River forms the Gadsden–Jackson county line.
U.S. Route 90 passes through the middle of Chattahoochee as Washington Street; it leads southeast 19 miles (31 km) to Quincy, the Gadsden County seat, and west 5 miles (8 km) to Sneads and 24 miles (39 km) to Marianna. Tallahassee, the state capital, is 43 miles (69 km) to the southeast. Main Street (Little Sycamore Road outside the city limits) leads south 6 miles (10 km) via Flat Creek Road to Interstate 10 at Exit 166.