Florida

Florida (Spanish for "flowery"), also known as The Sunshine State, is the southernmost state in the southeastern region of the United States and the third most populous state in the country. It is borded to the north by Georgia, to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and the Straits of Florida to the south.

Florida's most populous city is Jacksonville, which is also the largest city in the continental United States by area. Tallahassee is the capital of the state.

Regions

 * Central Florida
 * First Coast
 * Florida Panhandle
 * North Florida
 * North Central Florida
 * South Florida

Cities

 * Jacksonville, Florida: The largest city in Florida by population.
 * Miami, Florida
 * Orlando, Florida

Films that take place in Florida

 * 2-Headed Shark Attack
 * Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
 * Attack of the Giant Leeches
 * Crawl
 * Day of the Dead (1985)
 * Jaws 3-D
 * Jeepers Creepers
 * Jeepers Creepers II
 * Jeepers Creepers 3
 * Revenge of the Creature
 * The Shining (briefly)

Characters from Florida

 * Bill Johnson
 * Creeper
 * Darry Jenner
 * Jezelle Hartman
 * Trish Jenner

People born in Florida

 * Alexa Vega
 * Ashley Greene
 * Carrie Henn