DeLeon Springs State Park

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DeLeon Springs State Park 601 Ponce DeLeon Blvd./PO Box 1338 DeLeon Springs, Florida 32130 Phone: 386-985-4212 Native Americans visited and used these springs as long as 6,000 years ago. In the early 1800s, settlers built sugar and cotton plantations...