Land O'Lakes
N 28° 14.145 W 082° 27.587
17R E 356775 N 3124181
Small outposts unified to become a city.
Waymark Code: WM3TN5
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 05/17/2008
Views: 39
Following removal of the Seminoles, resettlement of this area began in the 1880's with establishment of a stagecoach relay station between Broosville and Tampa. Several small communities later developed in the vicinity, most of them lumber and turpentine towns along the railroads. In this general area were: Big Cypress, Disston, Drexel, Ehren, Fivay Junction, Godwin, Mexico, Myrtle-Denham, Pleasant Plains, Shingleton, Stemper and Tucker. By the 1930's citrus cultivation was the area's principal industry. With consolodation of schools and post offices, and following a public contest, the community was named Land O'Lakes on September 1, 1950.
Marker Number: none
Date: 1987
County: Pasco
Marker Type: City
Sponsored or placed by: Pasco Board of County Commissioners and Historical Preservation Committee
Website: Not listed
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