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Our
History:
Macclenny
was first called Darbyville because most of the land
around current-day Macclenny was owned
by the Darby family. Carr
Bowers McClenny married into the Darby family and then
bought most of the land.
Darbyville was then known as McClenny.
Carr's business in McClenny was in sawmills, turpentine, lumber
and land. The name McClenny was changed
to the current name of Macclenny because the post office department
had a rule against capital letters in the
middle of a name. The first post office in Macclenny was then
established in 1890.
There were settlers in Macclenny as early as 1829 but after
the Civil War most of the people settled there.
However, in 1888 most of the town residents were killed in
a yellow fever epidemic. Residents of the town
then increased over time to 4,500.
Macclenny,
Florida (From
Wikipedia)
Baker County was founded
in 1861.
It was named for James
McNair Baker, a judge and Confederate senator. In 1864
the Battle
of Olustee, which
was the only major American Civil War battle in Florida, was
fought near Lake
City, Florida in Baker County
Baker
County, Florida (From Wikipedia)
wikipedia.org
Baker County, Florida
Cities: Macclenny
- Towns: Glen
St. Mary
Unincorporated communities: Baxter, Eddy, Olustee,
Sanderson,
Taylor
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