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Branford is a town in Suwannee County, Florida, United States.The Town of Branford was officially incorporated as a municipality in 1961, although it has been settled since 1882, and was first incorporated in 1886.
New River County, as it was known at the time, was created in 1858 from segments of Columbia and Alachua counties. It was renamed Bradford County in 1861 in honor of Confederate Captain Richard Bradford, who fought in the American Civil War and was killed in the Battle of Santa Rosa Island, becoming the first officer from Florida to die during the Civil War.
Troy Spring State Park is a Florida State Park, located approximately six miles north of Branford, off US 27.It contains one of the state's 33 first magnitude springs.. At the bottom of the Troy Spring is the sunken Confederate sidewheel paddle steamer Madison, which had been owned and captained by James Felix Tucker.
Location of Bradford County in Florida. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bradford County, Florida. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Bradford County, Florida, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
The Live Oak, Tampa and Charlotte Harbor Railroad was a historic railroad in Florida chartered by railroad tycoon Henry B. Plant. It was built as an extension of Plant's Live Oak and Rowlands Bluff Railroad. Together, the two lines ran from Live Oak, Florida, to Gainesville via High Springs. The lines were completed in 1884. [1]
The Suwannee River is the site of the prehistoric Suwanee Straits that separated the Florida peninsula from the Florida panhandle and the rest of the continent. Spelled as "Swanee", it is the namesake of two famous songs: "Way Down Upon the Swanee River" (1851) and "Swanee" (1919).
The Hal W. Adams Bridge, built in 1947, is a historic bridge that carries State Road 51 across the Suwannee River between Lafayette and Suwannee counties, Florida in the United States. Located 3 miles north of Mayo, it was the first suspension bridge built in Florida, and the only one to carry highway traffic. At its opening on July 4, 1947, it ...
Branford Steam Railroad, a railroad in North Branford, Connecticut; Branford, Florida, a town in the United States Branford High School (Florida), the only public high school in Branford, Florida; Branford College, a residential college at Yale University; Branford House, a summer home in Groton, Connecticut