Lacoochee
Posted by: 
Markerman62
N 28° 27.960 W 082° 10.342
17R E 385225 N 3149385
In the small community of Lacoochee in northern Pasco County.
Waymark Code: WMEPY4
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 06/24/2012
Views: 9
This area was occupied briefly during the Indian wars and resettled with the building of two railroads in the 1880's. Lacoochee Post Office was established May 22, 1888. William Acosta was postmaster. Development was halted by the "Great Freeze" of 1895 and revived in 1922 when Cummer Cypress Company established a sawmill and company town. Thousands were employed as Cummer logged virgin cypress from the Withlacoochee and Cumpressco swamps. The last timber was milled June 5, 1959. Later, the mill was dismantled and the company store, workers' "quarters" and vast tracts of land were sold.
Marker Number: None
Date: 1984
County: Pasco
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: The Pasco Board of County Commissioners and the Historical Preservation Committee
Website: Not listed
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