The Chipola River is a tributary of the Apalachicola River in western Florida . It is part of the ACF River Basin watershed.
42-604: The 92.5-mile-long (148.9 km) river crosses present-day Jackson , Calhoun and Gulf counties. The river flows through what is now preserved as the Dead Lakes State Recreation Area just before reaching its mouth at the confluence with the Apalachicola. The Dead Lakes were formed when the Apalachicola deposited sand bars blocking the mouth of the Chipola. The Chipola River flows for several miles south from
84-689: A spectrum auction . Public auctions of government property may be conducted by whichever agency is auctioning the property. Some substantial items have been sold at public auction. For example, the United States Navy cruiser Philadelphia was sold at such an auction at the Puget Sound Navy Yard in 1927. In 2021, GSA offered a 0.7501 share of a bitcoin valued more than $ 38,000 for an auction. Kevin Kerns, an acting regional administrator of GSA's Southeast Sunbelt Region, stated: "Whether it’s
126-464: A car, or a piece of jewelry, or now even cryptocurrency, you never know what kind of treasures you’ll find on GSA Auctions” . It was the first time ever that GSA auctioned cryptocurrency. Private property may be sold in a public auction for a number of reasons. It may be seized through a governmental process to satisfy a judgment rendered by a court or agency, or to liquidate a mortgage foreclosure , tax lien , or tax sale . Usually, prices obtained at
168-511: A criminal can't legally account for. Government auctions are usually held by nominated auction houses all around the UK. They will instruct an auction house which will sell the items on their behalf. There are many thousands of such court orders issued each year, and items that can't be returned to their legal owner are auctioned off at local auction houses all over the UK. Police auctions are an established route used by regional police forces across
210-480: A female householder with no husband present, and 30.20% were non-families. 27.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.95. In the county, the population was spread out, with 22.30% under the age of 18, 9.70% from 18 to 24, 29.60% from 25 to 44, 23.80% from 45 to 64, and 14.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
252-467: A public auction to satisfy a judgment are distressed – that is, they are much lower than the price which would be obtained for that property if the seller were free to hold out for an optimal time to sell. In the United States , public auctions to satisfy judgments are usually conducted under the authority of the sheriff of the county or city in which the property to be auctioned was seized pursuant to
294-459: A station at Webbville, the town declined further and became defunct. After the Civil War , the county was convulsed by violence as Confederate veterans and their allies attacked and intimidated freedmen and their sympathizers. The county faced the worst economic conditions in the state, as it had been most extensively developed for cotton plantations before the war, and was adversely affected by
336-568: A white riot in Marianna, in which whites attacked the black section of town and blacks on the street, injuring 200, including two police officers, and causing much property damage. Howard Kester , a prominent Southern evangelical minister who tried to improve conditions, assessed the economic and class issues related to the racial violence. In 1943 the last lynching in the county was conducted. Cellos Harrison, an African-American man, had been twice convicted by an all-white jury and sentenced to death. He
378-560: Is Marianna Municipal Airport , originally known as the Graham Air Base . Local and private airports also exist throughout the county. Jackson County has two railroad lines. The primary one is the CSX P&;A Subdivision , a line formerly owned by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad that served Amtrak 's Sunset Limited . This service formerly went to New Orleans , but in 2005 service
420-540: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a location in Jackson County , Florida is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Florida is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Jackson County, Florida Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida , on its northwestern border with Alabama . As of
462-527: Is in the Central Standard Time Zone . Its eastern border with Gadsden County forms the boundary in this area between the Central Standard and Eastern Standard Time Zones . Three water bodies form the eastern border of Jackson county. The Chattahoochee River forms the northeast boundary between Jackson County and Seminole County, Georgia. It flows into Lake Seminole . The Lake was formed by
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#1732845413907504-487: Is part of Florida's 2nd congressional district , represented by Neal Dunn (R- Panama City ). At the state level, Jackson County is part of Florida State Senate district 2. This district is represented by Jay Trumbull (R- Panama City ). In the State House of Representatives, the county forms part of House district 5. This district is represented by Shane Abbott (R- DeFuniak Springs ). The Jackson County School Board ,
546-401: Is sold under the authority of a court of law or a government agency with similar authority. When the term "government auction" is used it often means that a general auctioneer has been contracted to deal with stock that needs to be liquidated by various government bodies: Often goods sold at government auctions will be unreserved, meaning that they will be sold to the highest bidder at
588-426: The 2020 United States census , there were 47,319 people, 17,149 households, and 11,152 families residing in the county. As of the census of 2000, there were 46,755 people, 16,620 households, and 11,600 families residing in the county. The population density was 51 people per square mile (20 people/km ). There were 19,490 housing units at an average density of 21 per square mile (8.1/km ). The racial makeup of
630-681: The 2020 census , the population was 47,319. Its county seat is Marianna . Jackson County was created by the Florida Territorial Council in 1822 out of Escambia County , at the same time that Duval County was organized from land of St. Johns County , making them the third and fourth counties in the Territory. The county was named for Andrew Jackson , a General of the War of 1812, who had served as Florida's first military governor for six months in 1821. Jackson County originally extended from
672-583: The Choctawhatchee River on the west to the Suwannee River on the east. By 1840 the county had been reduced close to its present boundaries through the creation of new counties from its original territory, following an increase of population in these areas. Minor adjustments to the county boundaries continued through most of the 19th century, however. There were no towns in Jackson County when it
714-528: The Jim Woodruff Dam which was completed in 1952. The outflow at the dam becomes the Apalachicola River which is the eastern boundary of Jackson county with Gadsden county. The Chipola River is formed in north central Jackson county from the confluences of Black Creek and Cowarts Creek. It continues south through the county and becomes a part of the border between Jackson county and the west side of
756-483: The de facto county seat of the county justice and civil authority, although it was never officially proclaimed as such. Marianna began to grow and prosper when the county government moved into the new courthouse in 1829. It became the market and court town for the rural county. Webbville's prominent citizens moved to Marianna to follow the courts, as did numerous businesses. When the L&;N Railroad decided to bypass putting
798-399: The poverty line , including 23.70% of those under age 18 and 21.00% of those age 65 or over. Jackson County is governed by a five-member board of county commissioners. Politically, the county is predominantly Republican. The last time a Democrat won the county in the presidential election was 1980, when Jimmy Carter, the former governor of neighboring Georgia, was on the ballot. The county
840-643: The Dead Lakes, parallel to the Apalachicola River, before reaching its confluence with the larger river. 30°48′44″N 85°13′56″W / 30.8123025°N 85.2322681°W / 30.8123025; -85.2322681 This article about a location in Calhoun County , Florida is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a location in Gulf County , Florida
882-496: The Klan at every level as to render the county and state governments completely powerless to stop them. Planters were defaulting on tax payments due to the poor economic conditions, and Republican county officials began to sell thousands of acres in tax sales. In addition the two representatives of the Freedmen's Bureau , Charles Memorial Hamilton and William J. Purman , worked to break
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#1732845413907924-509: The Republican Party in the county, assassinating more than 150 Republican Party leaders and other prominent African Americans as part of a successful campaign to retain white Democratic power in the county. Another source says that in Jackson County, 200 "leading Republicans" were assassinated in 1869 and 1870 alone; no one was arrested or brought to trial for these crimes. The sheriff...Thomas M. West complained that public sentiment
966-464: The auction. Auctioneers are normally contracted by the different government organisations within their local area. Government property sold at public auction may include surplus government equipment, abandoned property over which the government has asserted ownership, property which has passed to the government by escheat , government land, and intangible assets over which the government asserts authority, such as broadcast frequencies sold through
1008-752: The country to dispose of proceeds of crime , lost and found , seized, and unclaimed stolen and confiscated property. Government auctions are often held onsite in the US, generally hosted by a professional auctioneer. A wide variety of merchandise is available from a number of websites both official and unofficial. The Internet provides services to various government agencies that allow them to sell surplus and confiscated items. Government agencies sell goods via various contracted auctioneers and online on websites such as Trade Me . Brazil runs auctions to sell surplus electrical energy. Brazilian state also holds auction for contracts for solar and wind power. Germany established
1050-420: The county was 72.18% White , 24.56% Black or African American , 0.77% Native American , 0.46% Asian , 0.03% Pacific Islander , 0.61% from other races , and 1.40% from two or more races. 2.91% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 16,620 households, out of which 30.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.50% were married couples living together, 14.40% had
1092-627: The county, clerk of the circuit court John Dickenson, was assassinated in 1871. (The previous clerk, Dr. John Finlayson, was killed in 1869.) In testimony to Congressional hearings about the KKK, state senator Charles H. Pearce , minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church , said, "Satan has his seat; he reigns in Jackson County." Violence by whites against blacks in the county continued after Reconstruction. Nine African Americans were lynched here after Reconstruction, most around
1134-619: The cycle of black labor exploitation. Planters would throw sharecroppers off the land at the end of the season with no payment, claiming infractions that the Bureau deemed minor. The Bureau agents worked to enforce labor contracts. Tensions broke out into violence and in 1869 Jackson County became the center of a guerrilla war extending through 1871; it became known as the Jackson County War . The local Ku Klux Klan, insurgent Confederate Army veterans, directed their violence at eradicating
1176-621: The international decline in the market. White planters resisted dealing with freedmen as free workers. Insurgent Confederate veterans formed a Ku Klux Klan chapter and carried out masked violence to exert power, intimidate freedmen and white sympathizers, suppress their voting, and restore white supremacy . Throughout the Reconstruction , Jackson County was the main site [in Florida] of political and class struggle between planters and black laborers.... Jackson County [was] so thoroughly dominated by
1218-417: The judgment, and an auction held for such a purpose is also called a sheriff's sale or sheriff sale . Real property may be subject to a public auction in order to partition the property between joint tenants who can not agree as to how the property should be divided. An estate sale conducted at the direction of a probate court may also be conducted as a public auction. In ancient Roman Empire,
1260-415: The maintenance of the public works such as aqueducts , roads, drains, etc. were let out by the censors by public auction to the lowest bidder, just as the vectigalia were let out to the highest bidder. These expenses were called ultrotributa , and hence we frequently find vectigalia and ultrotributa contrasted with one another. The Proceeds of Crime Act allows for a court to confiscate items that
1302-431: The mid to late 20th century. Passenger traffic declined after affordable automobiles became widely available. 30°48′N 85°13′W / 30.80°N 85.21°W / 30.80; -85.21 Public auction A government auction or a public auction is an auction held on behalf of a government in which the property to be auctioned is either property owned by the government or property which
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1344-420: The northern section of Calhoun county. Holmes Creek forms the northern portion of the western border of Jackson county with Holmes County. Blue Springs is a Jackson county recreation area east of Marianna located near the site of former Florida Governor John Milton 's Sylvania plantation. Two other notable water bodies in the county are Compass Lake in the southwest and Ocheesee Pond in the southeast. As of
1386-589: The plantation belt in the antebellum years. Cotton was cultivated as a commodity crop by large workgangs, and so Florida became a slave society. Gradually towns were developed. In January 1821, Webbville had been established as the first town in Jackson County. It was the first designated as the county seat. Marianna was founded in September 1821 by Robert Beveridge, a native of Scotland. It developed about 9 miles (14 km) southeast of Webbville. About 1828, Beveridge and other Marianna settlers went to Tallahassee to lobby
1428-959: The sole school district of the county, operates public schools. Jackson County is also home to Baptist College of Florida , an institution of higher education in Graceville affiliated with the Florida Baptist Convention , and Chipola College , a state college in Marianna. The Jackson County Public Library System has three branches. Jackson County is also a part of the Panhandle Public Library Cooperative System . The PPLCS also includes Holmes , and Calhoun counties. The Florida Department of Corrections operates Region I - Correctional Facility Office in an unincorporated area in Jackson County. The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Dozier School for Boys , closed in 2011 after extensive investigations of abuse,
1470-545: The state legislature to move the county seat to Marianna. They enticed the Florida Legislature with offers of free land, locally paying for construction of a county courthouse and development of a related public square, and donating an additional $ 500 to purchase a quarter section of land to be sold at public auction as a way to finance the new government, if the county seat was moved to Marianna. Beveridge and his supporters succeeded in their civic bribe. Marianna became
1512-408: The turn of the century. But notorious lynchings of individual men also took place later. In 1934, Claude Neal , an African-American suspect in the murder of a young white woman, was tortured, shot and hanged in a spectacle lynching that was announced beforehand on the radio and in a local paper. It was covered by national newspapers, arousing condemnation. In addition, Neal's lynching was followed by
1554-417: Was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 110.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 111.20 males. The median income for a household in the county was $ 29,744, and the median income for a family was $ 36,404. Males had a median income of $ 27,138 versus $ 21,180 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 13,905. About 12.80% of families and 17.20% of the population were below
1596-463: Was formed. The first county court met at what was called "Robinson's Big Spring" (later called Blue Springs) in 1822 and then at the "Big Spring of the Choctawhatchee" in 1823. The following year the county court met at "Chipola Settlement", which is also known as Waddell's Mill Pond. The free labor of enslaved African Americans allowed European Americans to develop this area of Florida as part of
1638-468: Was located in Marianna. Sheriff Donald L. Edenfield is the current Sheriff of Jackson County and serves an area of over 955 square miles (2,470 km ). In 2018, the department fired deputy Zachary Wester, who was arrested for planting drugs in the vehicles of innocent motorists. The sheriff's department has dropped charges in 119 cases. Jackson County Fire Rescue provides EMS and Fire Services with over 30 to 35 personnel. Jackson County's main airport
1680-405: Was so strongly opposed to him as sheriff that he did not feel safe to go outside of town and serve any legal process whatsoever. His life was constantly threatened.... He was even openly assaulted in the streets of Marianna, severely beaten to the near-point of death." In 1871 he resigned, saying given the "lawlessness", he could not carry out the duties of sheriff. The last Republican official in
1722-413: Was taken from the county jail in Marianna by a white mob and hanged while his case was being appealed. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 955 square miles (2,470 km ), of which 918 square miles (2,380 km ) is land and 37 square miles (96 km ) (3.9%) is water. Jackson County is the only county in Florida that borders both Georgia and Alabama. Jackson County
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1764-630: Was truncated by the extensive damage in the Gulf area due to Hurricane Katrina . Another is the Bay Line Railroad : originally the Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railway main line, this railway runs from Panama City through Campbellton. US 231 was constructed parallel to the railroad. The lines have a junction in Cottondale . Other lines within the county were abandoned after restructuring of the railroad industry in
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