White Springs is a town in North Florida on the Suwannee River. The population was 740 at the 2020 census. Home of the annual Florida Folk Festival, it is a tourist destination noted for historic charm, antique shops, and river recreation.
Adams Country Store, White Springs
White Springs Library
South Hamilton Elementary School (now closed)
White Springs Post Office
The Suwannee River is a river that runs through south Georgia southward into Florida in the Southern United States. It is a wild blackwater river, about 246 miles (396 km) long. The Suwannee River is the site of the prehistoric Suwanee Straits that separated the Florida peninsula from the Florida panhandle and the rest of the continent.
The Suwannee River near Lake City, Florida
The Suwannee River seen near Fanning Springs in 1949
Children fishing on the Suwannnee River, 1957
Image: FL US 41 Suwannee River RR bridge west 02