Phosphate mining and the growing of citrus and cotton sparked a boom that before 1900 made Fort White the second largest city in Columbia County with a population of nearly 2,000. The boom collapsed when severe freezes in the winter of 1896-1897 destroyed the local citrus industry.
Phosphate mining ceased by 1910, and the boll weevil ended cotton farming before World War I.
A handful of historic buildings, such as the Old Fort White School (1915) remain from the town's era of prosperity.
Official Town Link: http://townoffortwhitefl.com/
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