Limona
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sfwife
N 27° 57.138 W 082° 18.613
17R E 371113 N 3092609
Historical Marker at the Limona Cemetery in Brandon FL.
Waymark Code: WM2926
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 09/24/2007
Views: 60
Limona - Founded January 12, 1876
Lakewood Drive, part of old Seminole Indian trails, led to Fort Brooke and "Pease Creek". In 1876 Judge Joseph Gillette Knapp of Wis. settled and named Limona after citrus trees left by the Spanish. In 1877 the Elgin Watch Co. formed Limona Park Ass'n for a winter retreat. Surveyor E.E. Pratt wrote the land was "best in Florida...high, dry...beautiful lakes...clear soft water". Knapp established this cemetery, a church, school and in 1878 a post office. In 1881 he proposed Tampa Historical Society.
Marker Number: none
Date: December 28, 1989
County: Hillsborough
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: Friends of Limona and Lakewood Dr.
Website: Not listed
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