Wakulla

History

Wakulla was settled in 1860 and named by Colonel Peter P. Smith reportedly using a local indigenous name meaning "clear water" in reference to nearby springs.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land. The Wakulla community is generally considered to be located between the roads of Rev. Bill and Doc Henderson, and to extend to Mt. Zion and Beaver Dam Roads, with its center being at Oxendine Elementary School and Cherokee Chapel Holiness Methodist Church.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,069
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  1,827
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  1,752
• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,694
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,597
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  1,577
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,536
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,492

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2012-07-29
  7 km NNW of Wallace, South Carolina
• M 2.9 — 2011-03-21
  9 km S of Cordova, North Carolina
• M 3.7 — 2006-09-25
  7 km W of Rowland, North Carolina
• M 3.4 — 2006-09-22
  4 km WSW of Blenheim, South Carolina