Tallahassee, FL

Tallahassee, FL
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Tallahassee is the capital of the State of Florida and the county seat of Leon County. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida in 1824. Tallahassee is the home to both Florida State University, a major research university with strengths in both arts and sciences and Florida A & M University, a well-known historically-black university. The name "Tallahassee" is a Muskogean Indian word often translated as "abandoned fields," "old fields" or "old town." This likely stems from the Creek (later called Seminole) Indians who migrated from Georgia and Alabama into this region in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Upon arrival, they found large areas of cleared land previously been occupied by the Apalachee tribe. Earlier, the Mississipian Indians had built mounds near Lake Jackson. The mounds, which were built around 1200 A.D., survive today in the Lake Jackson Archaeological State Park.