Cross Creek, Florida

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Cross Creek is an unincorporated Community in southeastern Alachua County, Florida, United States. It is located on Cross Creek, a short stream connecting Orange Lake and Lochloosa Lake. It is 1.8 miles long, and carries the outflow from Lochloosa Lake into Orange Lake.

Cross Creek is best known for once being the home of author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. She wrote many of her stories while living there, including the Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Yearling.
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Coordinates:   29°29'4"N   82°9'51"W
This article was last modified 15 years ago