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Palatka
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a city and the county-seat of Putnam county, Florida, U.S.A., in the N.E. part of the state, on the W. bank of the St John's river, about 100 m. from its mouth, and at the head of deep-water navigation. Pop. (1905, state census), 395 0. Palatka is served by the;Georgia Southern & Florida (of which it is the southern terminal), the Atlantic Coast Line, and the Florida East Coast railways, and also has connexion by water with Baltimore, New York and Boston. Palatka is situated in a rich agricultural, orange-growing and timber region, for which it is the distributing centre. Large quantities of cypress lumber are shipped from Palatka. Palatka was incorporated as a town in 1853, and in 1872 was chartered as a city.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Palatka'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/palatka.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Palatka'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/palatka.html. 1910.
