"Palatka, Fl.... from St. Augustine to Ocala" Top 5 Page for this destination Palatka by davecallahan

On our 2003 trip through Florida, we stopped in Palatka on the way from St. Augustine to Ocala.

Palatka, in its own words, is a "gem of a city on the St. John's River".

wikipedia info:
11000 people living in 4000 households with 2500 families. Household annual income is under $25000 (very near the poverty level).
City is in Putnam County

official website for Palatka is: http://www.co.putnam.fl.us/palatka/

a good website for tourists to check out Palatka is:
http://www.putnamcountychamber.org/visitor-center/attractions.htm

ZIPCODE 32177 and 32178 is Palatka
029-38-00N 081-38-35W
29.637, -81.644
Area Code 386

Palatka Fire Department is part of the Putnam County Emergency Services

Palatka Police Department: uses a strategy of weed (out crime) and seed (plans for the future)