Dixie County is a county located in the Big Bend region of the northern part of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,759. Its county seat is Cross City.
Dixie County Courthouse
Putnam Lodge, in Shamrock
The Big Bend of Florida, United States, is an informally named geographic region of North Florida where the Florida Panhandle transitions to the Florida Peninsula south and east of Tallahassee. The region is known for its vast woodlands and marshlands and its low population density relative to much of the state. The area is home to the largest single spring in the United States, the Alapaha Rise, and the longest surveyed underwater cave in the United States, the 32-mile (51 km) Wakulla-Leon Sinks cave system.
The Suwannee River seen near Fanning Springs in 1949
Madison Blue Springs near Madison, Florida
Illustration of a Southeastern Ceremonial Complex falcon dancer copper plate found in a burial mound at the Lake Jackson Mounds site
The St. Marks Light in 1867. The lighthouse is now located within St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge.