Owens Community School

Historical marker location:

5586 SW Owens School Road, Arcadia, Florida

( Marker is at the intersection of SW Owens School Road and Thigpen Avenue, on the right when traveling west on SW Owens School Road.)

Marker installed: 2004

During the Civil War, Florida was the third state to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy, after South Carolina and Mississippi.