Narcoossee
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Former stop on the defunct Kissimmee Valley Line of the Florida East Coast Railroad.
Narcoossee was begun in the late 1800's as a settlement by E. Nelson Fell, on a huge tract of land on the shore of East Lake Tohopekaliga. The town name comes from the Creek Indian word for Bear. English settlers began to arrive in 1883, drawn by newspaper advertisements extolling the virtues of the area and its citrus groves, promising an annual income of $10,000 once the groves matured. In 1888 the St. Cloud & Sugar Belt Railway (later renamed the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad) came through the town area, expanding the citrus shipping possibilities and improving the local economy. Construction of the Saint Luke And Saint Peter Church began in 1892, it's completion delayed until 1898 by a bank failure. In 1910, Fell acquired title to 144 square miles in Indian River County, founded the town of Fellsmere, and took many of the Narcoossee settlers with him. The community disbanded, leaving only a handful of residents. In 1930 the church was dismantled and moved to St. Cloud.
Narcoossee was begun in the late 1800's as a settlement by E. Nelson Fell, on a huge tract of land on the shore of East Lake Tohopekaliga. The town name comes from the Creek Indian word for Bear. English settlers began to arrive in 1883, drawn by newspaper advertisements extolling the virtues of the area and its citrus groves, promising an annual income of $10,000 once the groves matured. In 1888 the St. Cloud & Sugar Belt Railway (later renamed the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad) came through the town area, expanding the citrus shipping possibilities and improving the local economy. Construction of the Saint Luke And Saint Peter Church began in 1892, it's completion delayed until 1898 by a bank failure. In 1910, Fell acquired title to 144 square miles in Indian River County, founded the town of Fellsmere, and took many of the Narcoossee settlers with him. The community disbanded, leaving only a handful of residents. In 1930 the church was dismantled and moved to St. Cloud.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcoossee,_Florida
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 28°17'57"N 81°14'23"W
- Poinciana, Florida 30 km
- Citrus Ridge, Florida 49 km
- Brandon 114 km
- Land O'Lakes, Florida 128 km
- Lutz, Florida 129 km
- Spring Hill, Florida 139 km
- Alva 178 km
- Lehigh Acres 187 km
- Venice, Louisiana 808 km
- Lacombe, Louisiana 879 km
- Runnymede, FL 2.2 km
- East Lake Tohopekaliga 4.4 km
- Live Oak Lake 7.6 km
- Alligator Lake 10 km
- Lakeside Estates 11 km
- Twin Oaks Conservation Area 12 km
- Lake Tohopekaliga 16 km
- Lake Gentry 18 km
- Osceola County, Florida 34 km
- Polk County, Florida 50 km
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