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Putnam County, Florida

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
22historic places
—earliest paper
1849formed
73,321pop. 2020
29cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 22 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near Palatka, Interlachen, Crescent City.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Florida is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Putnam titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

13 of 22 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

22 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal ChurchPalatkaBuilding2016
Bostwick SchoolBostwickBuilding1999
Bronson-Mulholland HousePalatkaBuilding1972
Central AcademyPalatkaBuilding1998
Crescent City Historic DistrictCrescent CityDistrict1996
Cummings HousePalatkaBuilding2015
First Congregational Church of InterlachenInterlachenBuilding2024
Hotel JamesPalatkaBuilding2019
Hubbard HouseCrescent CityBuilding1973
Interlachen AcademyInterlachenBuilding2024
Interlachen HallInterlachenBuilding2000
Larimer Memorial LibraryPalatkaBuilding2008
Lincoln Lane SchoolInterlachenBuilding2023
Melrose Woman's ClubMelroseBuilding1978
Mount RoyalWelakaSite1973
Old A.C.L. Union DepotPalatkaBuilding1988
Palatka North Historic DistrictPalatkaDistrict1983
Palatka Ravine Gardens Historic DistrictPalatkaDistrict1999
Palatka South Historic DistrictPalatkaDistrict1983
Palatka Water WorksPalatkaDistrict2023
St. Marks Episcopal ChurchPalatkaBuilding1973
Tenney House and Groveland HotelFederal PointBuilding1997

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Putnam was formed in 1849 (1849-01-13) from Alachua, St.

PUTNAM created from ALACHUA and ST. JOHNS.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Putnam County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

74k38k6871850188019201940196020002020
18501860188019001920194019501960198020002020
6872,7126,26111,64114,56818,69823,61532,21250,54970,42373,321

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Fort Matanzas National MonumentPark unit49.9 km
Castillo De San Marcos National MonumentPark unit52.8 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

29 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 29 of 29 listed
NameLatLon
Drummond Cemetery29.51746-82.02759
Eden Cemetery29.44557-81.51387
Edgar Cemetery29.58138-81.97389
Etonia Cemetery29.71888-81.72694
Georgetown Cemetery29.38954-81.63713
Gilgal Cemetery29.61222-82.015
Gordon Chapel Cemetery29.57454-82.03704
Greenwood Cemetery29.44302-81.52507
Keuka Cemetery29.60193-81.91944
Mary Elizabeth Cemetery29.63191-81.81008
Mei - Wun Cemetery29.71254-81.78758
Melrose Cemetery29.70722-82.04444
Mount Heburn Cemetery29.77552-81.86342
Naomi Cemetery29.63246-81.82453
Ochwilla Cemetery29.63028-82.02861
Palatka Memorial Gardens29.62552-81.67073
Peniel Cemetery29.61573-81.7006
Pine Lawn Cemetery29.63663-81.86925
Pineview Cemetery29.62687-81.90085
Pomona - Lake Como Cemetery29.49136-81.56785
Saint John Cemetery29.71629-82.0301
Saint Joseph Cemetery29.64111-81.65889
Saint Monica Catholic Church Cemetery29.64274-81.64008
Saint Pauls Cemetery29.73996-81.53785
San Mateo Cemetery29.59635-81.57535
Satsuma Cemetery29.54163-81.6498
Sister Spring Cemetery29.66407-81.88626
West Oak Hill Cemetery29.64381-81.66351
Yelvington Cemetery29.6208-81.52507
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
Okawahathako29.56691-81.71647
Rollestown29.63358-81.5998

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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