Eucheeanna, Florida

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| name = Eucheeanna

| other_name = Euchee Anna

| settlement_type = Unincorporated community

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Florida##Location in the United States

| coordinates = {{coord|30|38|45|N|86|02|42|W}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = United States

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name1 = Florida

| subdivision_name2 = Walton

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Eucheeanna, also known as Euchee Anna, is an unincorporated community in Walton County, in the U.S. state of Florida.{{GNIS|295268}} It was the county seat from 1845, when Florida became a state, until 1885 when its courthouse burned and the county was moved several miles away to DeFuniak Springs.

History

= 1820s =

The community was named after the Yuchi (or Euchee) Indians{{cite book|last=Swanton|first=John Reed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xpx6WoPz7xIC&pg=PA120|title=The Indian Tribes of North America|publisher=US Government Printing Office|year=1952|isbn=978-0-8063-1730-4|page=120}} and settled by Scotch Presbyterians in 1823.{{Cite web|last1=L|first1=Green, Edwin|last2=Book|first2=Start this|title=School history of Florida|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:School_history_of_Florida_(IA_schoolhistoryoff01gree).pdf|via=Wikimedia Commons}} The area was known as Euchee Anna Valley Lands.

Daniel G. McLean lived in the area and corresponded with a firm in New York about red cedar prices.{{Cite book|last=Society|first=Forest History|date=July 25, 1977|title=North American Forest History: A Guide to Archives and Manuscripts in the United States and Canada|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sXZcHMfzKvAC&q=Daniel+G.+McLean+florida|publisher=Published under contract with the Forest History Society, Incorporated [by] Clio Books|isbn=9780874362374|via=Google Books}} He was a resident of the area in 1847 when he served as President of the Florida Senate.{{Cite book|date=August 25, 1999|title=The Florida Handbook, 1999-2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NAcqVwWK_FAC&q=Daniel+G.+McLean+florida|publisher=Peninsular Books|isbn=9780961600075|via=Google Books}} He was part of the community's mason lodge.{{Cite web|last=Florida|first=Freemasons Grand Lodge of|date=July 25, 1859|title=Proceedings of the Grand Lodge ...: Of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Florida|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yV9HAAAAYAAJ&dq=Daniel+G.+McLean+florida&pg=PA428|publisher=J.F. Brennan|via=Google Books}}

= 1840s =

Starting in 1845, Eucheeanna became the county seat of Walton County, which was previously located in Alaquah.

= 1860s =

Union troops, led by General Alexander Asboth marched through and razed Eucheeanna on their way towards Marianna and Tallahassee.{{Cite web|last=McKEON|first=JENNIE|title=Where is Eucheeanna?|url=https://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/20171004/where-is-eucheeanna|access-date=2020-08-09|website=Northwest Florida Daily News|language=en}}

= 1880s =

An act of arson burned the courthouse located in Eucheeanna. After it was burned in 1885, the county seat was moved to De Funiak Springs.

= Modern Today =

Locations of note still remaining in Eucheeanna are the Euchee Valley Presbyterian Church and the Euchee Valley Cemetery.

References

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Walton County, Florida