Chiefland, Florida: Old Chiefland Jail
A small concrete block of a building with twin cells that are barred shut, but you can still see inside. No one in town seems to know how old it is.
- Address:
- 23 SE 2nd Ave., Chiefland, FL
- Directions:
- Tucked into the woods behind Chiefland's old railroad depot, which is now the town's Chamber of Commerce office. South of SE 2nd Ave. and east of US-19/S. Main St.
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Tucked in the trees, is this old jail. One cell has an old wood door, and if you go around the back it has metal shadings over the barred windows.
[EC, 10/05/2023]
Old Chiefland Jail is in back of the Nature Coast Trail. You can look inside the two jail cells.
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The jail is so old that no one seems to know when it was built, when it was last used to hold prisoners, or even when its twin doors were barred shut.