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LIVE OAK

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 801 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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OAK , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of Suwannee county, See also:Florida, U.S.A., 81 m. by See also:rail W. of See also:Jacksonville. Pop. (189o) 687; (1900) 1659; (1905) 7200; (1910) 3450. Live Oak is served by the See also:Atlantic See also:Coast See also:Line, the Seaboard See also:Air Line, the Live Oak, See also:Perry & Gulf and the Florida See also:railways. There are extensive areas of See also:pine lands in the vicinity, and large quantities of See also:sea-See also:island See also:cotton are produced in the county. See also:Lumber and See also:naval stores are also important products. The first See also:settlement on the site of the city was made in 1865 by See also:John Parshley, of See also:Massachusetts, who erected a large saw-See also:mill here. Live Oak was first incorporated as a See also:town in 1874, and in 1903 was chartered as a city.

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