Jonesville Salt Works - Adam's Beach, FL - Salt Pans and Mines on Waymarking.com

An historical marker on U.S. Highway 19 at its intersection with State Route 361 (the road that leads to Adam's Beach) provides the following information about the old salt works:

"Taylor County's 50-mile coastline and shallow coastal waters made it ideal for manufacturing salt for the Confederacy. By 1862 works were in operation at Jonesville (now Adam's Beach) and near the mouth of Blue Creek. Trading on a barter basis, the region furnished salt for adjacent counties and South Georgia. Union forces never destroyed the salt industry and it continued operations until 1868."

The following information is from the Working Waterfronts website:

"Taylor County's most significant contribution to the Confederacy's Civil War efforts was the procurement of salt from seawater. The remains of these "salt works" are still evident along the mud flats and salt marshes."

Kind: Salt Evaporation Pond Is the place still active?: no

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