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70000189 [1] Added to NRHP. August 12, 1970. The Judah P. Benjamin Confederate Memorial at Gamble Plantation Historic State Park, also known as the Gamble Mansion or Gamble Plantation, is a Florida State Park, located in Ellenton, Florida, on 37th Avenue East and US 301. It is home to the Florida Division United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC).
Ellenton, Florida. / 27.52278°N 82.52583°W / 27.52278; -82.52583. Ellenton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Manatee County, Florida, United States. The population was 4,129 at the 2020 census, down from 4,275 at the 2010 census. [2] It is part of the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida ...
Manatee County, Florida. Manatee County is a county in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 US Census, the population was 399,710. [1] Manatee County is part of the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its county seat and largest city is Bradenton. [2] The county was created in 1855 and named for the ...
Angola, Florida. Coordinates: 27.498°N 82.549°W. Angola was a prosperous community [1] : 232 of up to 750 maroons (escaped slaves) [2] : 71 that existed in Florida from 1812 [2] : 72 until Florida became a U.S. territory in 1821, at which point it was destroyed. The location was along the Manatee River in Bradenton, Florida, near Manatee ...
U.S. Highway 301 US 301 highlighted in red Route information Auxiliary route of US 1 Maintained by FDOT Length 269.316 mi (433.422 km) Existed 1949–present Major junctions South end US 41 in Sarasota Major intersections I-75 near Tampa SR 618 near Tampa I-4 / US 92 near Tampa SR 52 in Dade City Florida's Turnpike near Wildwood SR 40 in Ocala SR 100 in Starke I-10 near Baldwin US 90 in ...
Fort Caroline was an attempted French colonial settlement in Florida, located on the banks of the St. Johns River in present-day Duval County.It was established under the leadership of René Goulaine de Laudonnière on 22 June 1564, following King Charles IX's enlisting of Jean Ribault and his Huguenot settlers to stake a claim in French Florida ahead of Spain.
French Florida in 1562, by N. Bellin, 18th century. French Florida (Renaissance French: Floride françoise; modern French: Floride française) was a colonial territory established by French Huguenot colonists as part of New France in what is now Florida and South Carolina between 1562 and 1565. [1]
British West Florida. British West Florida was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1763 until 1783, when it was ceded to Spain as part of the Peace of Paris . British West Florida comprised parts of the modern U.S. states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Effective British control ended in 1781 when Spain captured Pensacola.