Editing Florida, Missouri (section)

=== Postbellum ===
[[File:Florida, Missouri (2016).jpg|thumb|Florida in 2016]]
Florida continued a pattern of slow growth after the Civil War, reaching its peak population of 280 residents in 1880. The 20th century was not nearly so kind to the community, however, especially after [[World War II]], as businesses closed and families moved away to find better opportunities in cities. The construction of [[Mark Twain Lake]] in the mid-1960s permanently flooded some of the valuable farmland around Florida, although it opened more opportunities for recreation and tourism. In 1960, the state of Missouri created the [[Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mostateparks.com/page/54981/general-information|title=The Adventures of Sam Clemens|date=February 6, 2011 |publisher=Missouri Department of Natural Resources|access-date=October 1, 2012}}</ref> Twain's birthplace was moved into a climate-controlled museum setting, which also contains exhibits and displays such as rare first edition books, a hand-written manuscript of ''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]'', and furnishings from his home. A red granite monument elsewhere in Florida marks the original site of Twain's birth home.

In addition to the Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site, the [[Crigler Mound Group|Crigler Mound Group Archeological Site]] and [[Merritt Violette House]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>