Copeland, Florida

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A small community alongside Big Cypress National Preserve, on State Road 29. The population is approximately 275. It was created along the former Atlantic Coastline Railroad. Copeland was started in 1932 in honor of David Graham Copeland, a naval engineer who helped plan the Tamiami Trail and was the starting point of a family-owned farming business. J. B. Janes and Alfred Webb owned property and cultivated tomatoes.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copeland,_Florida
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Coordinates:   25°56'56"N   81°21'37"W

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  • This was also the town where the 70's slasher flick Bloodstalkers was filmed.
  • First photo courtesy of me, photo taken in August of 2008. Second photo is courtesy of the Florida Photographic Collection, and was photographed on February 25, 1948. No author information given, photograph part of the Florida Department of Commerce collection; thus, redistribution is permitted if not modified, and for non-profit, educational purposes only. Source → http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/commerce/c009390a.jpg
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