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{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Florida, U.S.}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
[[Image:Asa May House Capps01.jpg|upright=1.25|thumb|Historic [[Asa May House (Capps, Florida)|Asa May House]]]]
'''Capps''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Jefferson County, Florida|Jefferson County]], [[Florida]], United States.<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|280013}}</ref> It is located at the intersection of [[U.S. Route 19 in Florida|U.S. Routes 19]] and [[U.S. Route 27 in Florida|27]].

During the 1940s and 1950s, Capps was the headquarters of an agribusiness known as Tungston Plantation, owned by Everett P. Larsh, an industrialist from [[Dayton, Ohio]], and managed by L. H. Crampton. Tungston plantation comprised a total of approximately 16,000 acres, of which about 8,000 acres was planted in tung trees. Each year, the tung nut was harvested and brought to the mill at Capps, and its contents processed into tung oil for use in paints, varnishes and other products. During those years, Tungston Plantation constituted the largest tung operation in the U.S. under single ownership.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

Capps is the location of the [[Asa May House (Capps, Florida)|Asa May House]], which is listed on the U.S. [[National Register of Historic Places]].

==Education==
[[Jefferson County Schools (Florida)|Jefferson County Schools]] operates public schools, including [[Jefferson County Middle / High School]].

==Geography==
Capps is located at {{coord|30|24|38|N|83|54|40|W|type:city_region:US-FL|format=dms|display=inline,title}}.<ref name=gnis/>

==References==
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{{Jefferson County, Florida}}

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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Jefferson County, Florida]]
[[Category:Tallahassee metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Florida]]


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