Wakulla County turns 183 years old Wednesday. The county’s story started with a petition signed by more than 50 residents.
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Wakulla County marks 183rd birthday with a look back at the petition that made it a county
Before March 11, 1843, what is now Wakulla County was part of Leon County.
That history stretches back even further. When the United States acquired Florida from Spain in 1821, the area was part of West Florida. Over the following years, the panhandle was divided and reorganized multiple times, cycling through Escambia, Jackson, and Gadsden counties before the territorial legislature created Leon County in 1824…