Chiefland’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Chiefland. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A village of the Timucua people was once located south of the present city and at Manatee Springs. The area's economy is traditionally based on agriculture, primarily farming (peanuts, watermelons, hay); ranching (cattle, hogs); dairy (milk); timber (pulpwood, lumber, turpentine) and aquaculture (fishing, oystering, crabbing).
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Chiefland’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Chiefland’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewBetts Truckstop sign, Route 19, 1980: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Chiefland
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Chiefland, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Chiefland is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Chiefland has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is CITY OF HAWKINSVILLE (shipwreck) in Fanning Springs, 10.2 miles away.
Chiefland and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Betts Truckstop sign, Route 19 (1980) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.