Editing Gretna, Florida (section)

==History==
[[File:Gretna FL School House and watertower01.JPG|thumb|left|Old Gretna School building]]
A settlement was established in Gretna in 1897 by Humphrey Company. Gretna was platted as a town in 1905. [[R. A. Gray]] served as principal at the Gretna School. Sunny Dell Baptist Church and school served the community until Gretna School was built in 1908.<ref name=GretHist>{{Cite web |last=Gomez |first=Kelly |date=2021-11-12 |title=Historic Schoolhouse in Florida Sits Empty After Years of Service - |url=https://theforgottensouth.com/gretna-florida-school-history/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |language=en-US}}</ref> A historical marker commemorates its history.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Taylor |first=George |date=2011-03-13 |title=Old Gretna School House Marker, Gretna, FL |url=https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/3219 |journal=George Lansing Taylor Collection Main Gallery}}</ref> Gretna was officially incorporated as a city in 1909.<ref name=GretHist/><ref name=GretInco>{{Cite web|title=FLORIDA CITIES BY INCORPORATION YEAR|url=http://www.floridaleagueofcities.com/docs/default-source/CMRI/2016citiesbyincorporationb682b2c41a9e6c4e8be5ff0000e8da5f.pdf?sfvrsn=0|website=Florida League of Cities}}</ref>

The Florida Archives have photographs from Gretna including the Sunny Dell school, Presbyterian church, and W.P. Humphrey Company buildings including its [[turpentine]] still.<ref>https://www.floridamemory.com/find?advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=240&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=11&advanced%5B1%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B1%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B1%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B1%5D%5Bterms%5D=Buildings--Florida--Gadsden+County--Gretna&layout=1&query=&sort=92&order=a {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>

The ''Colored American Appeal'' was a Republican Party affiliated newspaper serving the community.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PJo3AQAAMAAJ&dq=gretna+florida.colored.school&pg=PA1098 |title=N.W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual |date=1909 |publisher=N.W. Ayer and Son. |language=en}}</ref> [[Florida A&M University]] and its business school led by [[Sybil C. Mobley]] in nearby Tallahassee, Florida announced a rehabilitation program for the majority African American community in 1974.<ref>{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hwr-Z2J__4sC&dq=gretna+florida.colored.school&pg=PA20 |title=Black Enterprise |date= July 1974|publisher=Earl G. Graves, Ltd. |language=en}}</ref>