109 Courthouse Square

Historical marker location:

109 Courthouse Square, Inverness, Florida

( Marker is on Courthouse Square north of Old Main Street, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2005

The Fountain of Youth, a legendary spring that was believed to grant eternal youth to those who drank from it, was thought to be located in Florida. Juan Ponce de León is said to have been searching for it when he discovered the land that would become Florida.