Blountstown Florida and Calhoun County Florida * Area History

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History buffs will find several places of significant interest. The M & B Railroad Memorial celebrates the contributions of the "iron horse" to our ancestors.

Come see the Old Courthouse, which was built in 1904 in the Romanesque Revival style. It is only one of two in Florida. There are a few other Historical Markers in Calhoun County that had a great importance to the growth of Calhoun County.

Fascinating residents of Blountstown have included the late Fuller Warren, former Governor of Florida, as well as Everett Yon, a native of Blountstown who was honored at the University of Florida, with the creation of Yon Hall.

The City of Blountstown was named for John Blount, a Seminole Indian Chief. Blount was a guide for General Andrew Jackson who invaded Spanish Florida in 1818. This invasion caused the United States to purchase Florida from Spain and the territory became a part of the U.S. in 1821.

John Blount was rewarded for his services to General Jackson with a trip to Washington, D.C. to visit the President. In 1823, he was granted a reservation along the west side of the Apalachicola River, four miles by two miles square.

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