1861, 4 days before Florida delegates formally seceded from the Union as part of the American Civil War, state troops seized the federal Arsenal located in the town. The former arsenal and current Administration Building of Florida State Hospital is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (Building - #73000578). Florida State Hospital, the hospital involved in the famous United States Supreme Court decision O'Connor v. Donaldson, is located within the City. The hospital was featured in a 1989 movie, Chattahoochee, starring Gary Oldman and Dennis Hopper, in which a war hero, Chris Calhoun, is involuntarily committed to Florida State Hospital where he sees doctors at the hospital humiliating patients and experiences filth and abuse. Government and infrastructure The U.S. Postal Service operates the Chattahoochee Post Office. The Chattahoochee Volunteer Fire Department operates one fire station. The Gadsden Connector, a bus route operated by Big Bend Transit, has a stop in Chattahoochee. Education Gadsden County School District operates public schools. The community is served by Chattahoochee Elementary School. In Fall 2018 it will become a Pre-K to Kindergarten early learning center. Students in grades 1–3 will move to Greensboro Primary School and students in grades 4–5 will move to West Gadsden Middle School. The sole public high school of the county is Gadsden County High School (formerly East Gadsden High School). Until 2004 Chattahoochee High School served as the community middle and high school. That year it consolidated into West Gadsden High School. As of 2017 East Gadsden became the only remaining zoned high school in the county due to the consolidation of West Gadsden High's high school section into East Gadsden High School. Notable people Roger Bailey, MLB pitcher for the Colorado Rockies Shantley Jackson, Horse Jockey In film The 1989 film "Chattahoochee" is based on the Florida State Hospital and allegations of abuse on residents. The movie, which starred Gary Oldman and Dennis Hopper, was not shot in Chattahoochee, however. Footnotes External links City of Chattahoochee official website Cities in Gadsden County, Florida Tallahassee metropolitan area Cities in Florida 1941 establishments in Florida Populated places established in 1941