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'{{more footnotes|date=January 2012}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name = St. Marks, Florida |other_name = |native_name = San Marcos |nickname = |settlement_type = [[City]] |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = StMarksFlPostoffice.JPG |imagesize = |image_caption = St. Marks post office |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = Wakulla_County_Florida_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_St._Marks_Highlighted.svg |mapsize = 250x200px |map_caption = Location in [[Wakulla County, Florida|Wakulla County]] and the state of [[Florida]] |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] |subdivision_name = {{flag|United States}} |subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] |subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Florida}} |subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Florida|County]] |subdivision_name2 = {{noflag|[[Wakulla County, Florida|Wakulla]]}} |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = 1600 |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date3 = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2016">{{cite web|title=2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2016_Gazetteer/2016_gaz_place_12.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Jul 7, 2017}}</ref> |area_total_km2 = 5.04 |area_land_km2 = 5.02 |area_water_km2 = 0.02 |area_total_sq_mi = 1.94 |area_land_sq_mi = 1.94 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.01 |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = [[2010 United States Census|2010]] |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 293 |population_density_km2 = 60.78 |population_density_sq_mi = 157.46 |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]] |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = -4 |coordinates = {{coord|30|9|33|N|84|12|26|W|region:US-FL|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> tags--> |elevation_m = 3 |elevation_ft = 10 <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] |blank_info = 12-62825<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=http://factfinder2.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=American FactFinder}}</ref> |blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID |blank1_info = 0290282<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=2007-10-25}}</ref> |website = {{URL|http://www.cityofstmarks.com/}} |footnotes = |pop_est_as_of = 2016 |pop_est_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusEst2016"/> |population_est = 305 }} '''St. Marks''' is a city in [[Wakulla County, Florida|Wakulla County]], [[Florida]], United States. It is part of the [[Tallahassee metropolitan area]]. The population was 272 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population estimated by the [[U.S. Census Bureau]] is 299.<ref>[https://www.census.gov/popest/cities/tables/SUB-EST2004-04-12.xls ] [https://www.webcitation.org/5QWFxfjAK Archived copy] at [[WebCite]] (July 22, 2007).</ref> ==Geography== [[File:St Marks FL city hall01.jpg|thumb|left|City hall]] St. Marks is located at {{Coord|30.159244|-84.207152|type:city_region:US|format=dms|display=inline}}.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.9|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|1.9|sqmi|km2}} is land and 0.52% is water. ==Demographics== {{US Census population |1930= 217 |1970= 366 |1980= 286 |1990= 307 |2000= 272 |2010= 293 |estyear=2016 |estimate=305 |estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2016">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2016.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|accessdate=June 9, 2017}}</ref> |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref> }} As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 272 people, 137 households, and 79 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 141.0 people per square mile (54.4/km²). There were 168 housing units at an average density of 87.1 per square mile (33.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 93.75% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.57% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.74% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.37% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.10% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.47% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.37% of the population. There were 137 households out of which 16.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.3% were non-families. 36.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.99 and the average family size was 2.56. In the city, the population was spread out with 15.8% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 31.6% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110.1 males. The median income for a household in the city was $25,156, and the median income for a family was $36,250. Males had a median income of $25,234 versus $21,458 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $14,994. About 19.1% of families and 19.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 27.3% of those under the age of eighteen and 6.7% of those sixty five or over. On July 10, 2005, the storm surge associated with Hurricane Dennis severely flooded the town, causing major damage to local businesses and homes. ==History== {{see also|Wakulla County#History}} [[File:St Marks Poseys Oyster Bar02.jpg|thumb|Posey's Bar, in 2010 before it was torn down]] Originally known as [[San Marcos de Apalache]] and centered on a Spanish fort, this town was founded by the Spanish in the 17th century in what was then [[Spanish Florida]]. There was a [[trading post]] in the late 18th century. A long time has passed since St. Marks last had appreciable importance, but this place on [[Apalachee Bay]] in Florida's [[Big Bend (Florida)|Big Bend]] is a very old and historic [[Gulf of Mexico|Gulf]] [[port]]. Fortifications built here by the Spanish in the 17th century, and rebuilt several times, provided the venue for force of arms repeatedly up through the [[American Civil War]]. In the best-known incident, Andrew Jackson, in his cavalier incursion into [[Spanish Florida]] in 1818, executed British nationals [[Arbuthnot and Ambrister incident|Robert Chrystie Ambrister and Alexander George Arbuthnot]] at the old fort, as well as Native American leader [[Francis the Prophet]]. This nearly embroiled the United States in international strife. [[San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park]] interprets the site of the old fort. Today's St. Marks evidently has its roots in American commercial activity that took hold beneath the walls of the fort upon acquisition of [[Spanish Florida]] by the U.S. in 1821—before the settlement moved slightly up the [[St. Marks River]] to the present position. Various articles in publications like ''Florida Historical Quarterly'' relate how the fort site later held a government "naval" hospital to meet [[yellow fever]] emergencies in the [[merchant marine]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}} And just afterward Confederate batteries were established on the site in the Civil War. Their earthworks remain and are interpreted in the historic state park. But the site also exhibits old Spanish stonework, and not far away (though inaccessible), just down [[St. Marks River]] are shallow Spanish quarries where this [[limestone]] was evidently obtained in the 1730s. There are brief accounts of a stone tower the Spanish built (now long gone) close by the quarries. The tower apparently would have afforded a sea view. Some scholars have asserted that if the Spanish on any occasion placed torches in this tower, the structure would have been thus functioning as the first lighthouse in the [[New World]]. In any case, limestone quarried here by the Spanish did eventually help to make a lighthouse here—the [[St. Marks Light]], constructed about 1830 by the U.S. government. The lighthouse stands, after a couple of reconstructions, at the mouth of the river six miles from town and accessible by road. The lighthouse is, like San Marcos de Apalache, on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. <blockquote>St. Marks was a seaport for all of Middle Florida and lower Georgia during this early period. [[Ellen Call Long]], on her way to Tallahassee, described the port about 1830 as "a quaint little village, amphibious-like, consisting of a few dwelling houses, stores, etc., mostly built on stilts or piles, as if ready to launch when wind or tide prevailed."<ref>{{cite book |title=Slavery and plantation growth in Antebellum Florida, 1821-1860 |first=Julia Floyd |last=Smith |publisher=[[University of Florida Press]] |year=2017 |url=http://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/AA/00/06/19/96/00001/9781947372627_Smith.pdf}}</ref></blockquote> A railroad often cited as Florida's first<ref>{{cite book |last1=Turner |first1=Gregg |title=A Short History of Florida Railroads |date=2003 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |location=Charleston, SC |isbn=978-0738524214 |pages=7–8 |url=https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Products/9780738524214 }}</ref> connected the port of St. Marks with the territorial capital, [[Tallahassee]], some 20 miles inland. The line, the [[Tallahassee Railroad]], was constructed about 1836, and until the Civil War it served in the export of Middle Florida's cotton through St. Marks. Today the attraction of St. Marks for boaters, fishermen, and seafood lovers preserves a strong relationship with Tallahassee (as does the location of a generating plant for Tallahassee here). The now-abandoned rail line serves as the popular [[Tallahassee-St. Marks Historic Railroad State Trail]]—a paved 16+-mile bicycle and equestrian trail terminating at the St. Marks waterfront. This section of the coast was surprised by the big storm surge of [[Hurricane Dennis]] in 2005. As on other occasions in its history, St. Marks was flooded badly with saltwater. A principal casualty this time was the landmark Posey's Oyster Bar --"Home of the Topless Oyster." Attracting people from Tallahassee and elsewhere ever since the 1920s, this quaint establishment overhanging the river was one of the oldest businesses in [[Wakulla County]]. It enjoyed a measure of regional fame. Irreparably damaged, Posey's now belongs, with Ambrister and Arbuthnot and the Spanish, to the long history of St. Marks. ==See also== *[[Apalachee Bay]] *[[San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park]] *[[St. Marks Light]] *[[St. Marks River]] *[[St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge]] *[[Tallahassee-St. Marks Historic Railroad State Trail]] *[[Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park]] *[[Wakulla River]] ==References== <references /> ==External links== {{Commons category}} * [http://www.wakulla.com/ Wakulla County] {{Wakulla County, Florida}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Marks, Florida}} [[Category:Cities in Wakulla County, Florida]] [[Category:Tallahassee metropolitan area]] [[Category:Cities in Florida]] [[Category:Trading posts in the United States]]'