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City in Florida, United States
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DeFuniak Springs is a city of 7,000 people (2019) on the Emerald Coast of Florida. DeFuniak Springs is home to Lake DeFuniak, one of two spring-fed lakes in the world that is nearly perfectly round. The surrounding landscape around the lake is often decorated for the holidays between Thanksgiving and New Year's to celebrate.
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Houses a visitor center.in the historic district. This is one of only three buildings, all historic, on the lake side of Circle Drive, that circumnavigate the lake. Phone number is for city hall.
The oldest continuously run library in Florida. It contains displays of medieval armor donated to the library.
The third building on the lakeside of Circle Drive.
Erected in 1871, it was later moved to this location in DeFuniak Springs — somewhat ironically in front of the courthouse. From 1964 to 2015, the Confederate Battle Flag was flown at the site, but was changed by the County in 2015 to the First National Confederate Flag; and as of June 2020, calls to remove the flag entirely have been unsuccessful.
A Certified Florida Farm Winery. Free wine tasting and tour of the facility.
Fourteen million gallons of water emerge daily from this spring, but as the water comes from an underground aquifer, water temperatures are year-round. Popular activities here include swimming and snorkeling, though various other recreational activities are possible around the park.
Housed in the former L&N railroad depot
Featured on the Restaurant: Impossible television program.
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