Editing DeFuniak Springs, Florida (section)

=== Founding ===
The town was founded during the late 19th century as a resort development by the officers of the [[Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad]], a subsidiary of the [[Louisville and Nashville Railroad]]. The P&A was organized to connect the terminus of the L&N at [[Pensacola, Florida|Pensacola]] to the western terminus of a predecessor of the [[Seaboard Air Line Railroad]] at River Junction—now [[Chattahoochee, Florida|Chattahoochee]]—in the 1880s. The town was named after [[Frederick R. DeFuniak]],<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KZdPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6gUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4593%2C5984338 | title=The early railroad made West Florida | work=Ocala Star-Banner | date=Jun 27, 1982 | access-date=7 June 2015 | author=Washington, Ray | pages=7F}}</ref> a vice-president of the L&N. Like much of [[Florida Panhandle|Northwest Florida]], DeFuniak Springs was settled mainly by [[Scottish People|Scots]] from [[Virginia]] and [[the Carolinas]].