Eustis, Florida 32727
N 28° 51.180 W 081° 41.016
17R E 433322 N 3191891
5. Rich in history, with a promising future, Eustis is ideally located in the heart of central Florida. Nestled along the eastern shore of Lake Eustis, the 7,000 acre lake provides a picturesque background for the diversified community, where small town friendliness is not a thing of the past.
Waymark Code: WMPR4B
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 10/11/2015
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Eustis is one of several towns in Lake County dating to the 1870s, a post Civil War era when settlers moved southward from other states into the Florida frontier. Before railroads reached central Florida, long distance travel and shipping relied on steamboats and early settlements were concentrated along navigable waterways. Steamboats along the St. Johns River connected Eustis with Mellonville (today Sanford) and Jacksonville. In Eustis, a boat landing on the lake at the foot of Macdonald Avenue was the primary shipping point, and established that street as a commercial corridor. With the arrival of the St. Johns and Lake Eustis Railway in 1880, replacing steamboats as prevalent mode of transportation and shipping, the frontier settlement of Eustis grew into a small city, with churches, stores, schools, a bank, and a newspaper. Residents voted to incorporate Eustis in 1886.
Citrus growing was a major industry in Eustis. The Big Freeze of 1894-95 and 1898-99 devastated the citrus crop in Eustis and the surrounding areas. Despite this setback and subsequent freezes, the citrus industry continued to flourish and Eustis became known as the “Orange Capital of the World
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