CENTRALIA

NAME: Centralia
COUNTY: Hernando
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 4
CLIMATE: It's almost always hot here!
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Winter 		COMMENTS: Centralia is located on us19 in hernando county. A few miles north of weeki wachee springs.
REMAINS: All that remains is broken bricks, bottles, metal object etc.. And the mill foundation that has not yet been found (by me)
Centralia was a lumber town of about 1,500 to 2,000 people. It had one of the largest sawmills in the south. The town had a post office from 1910 to 1922. There was a railroad spur from brooksville that terminated here. There was a community on this spur called wiscon. Many of the mill workers lived here also. Like most company towns in florida, once the trees were all cut down the mill closed and everyone moved on. It's amazing that thousands of tourists a day travel right through this ghosttown and have no clue it ever existed. Submitted by: Kenneth badgley


This is the main road through the town site
Courtesy Mike Woodfin


There are several partial walls throughout the mill site
Courtesy Mike Woodfin


These 6-foot structures held the huge saw blade at the mill
Courtesy Mike Woodfin


Logs that were floating in the man-made lake were wenched out one at a time here and pulled into the sawmill
Courtesy Mike Woodfin


This was one of the wells that kept the manmade lake filled
Courtesy Mike Woodfin


Typical enameled pot for home use. Remember to leave all artifacts as you find them
Courtesy Mike Woodfin


Pieces of an old wood stove. Remember to leave all artifacts as you find them
Courtesy Mike Woodfin


The mill was a two sided band saw operation with a daily aveage cut of 100,000 board feet of lumber which has never been surpassed before or after this operation.  information copied from article by Virginia Jackson
Courtesy Mike Woodfin


Water Tower
Courtesy Mike Woodfin


Centralia Commissary:  Build by George Gamble the building carried more stock than any retail store in metro Tampa or Jacksonville.  The train track cam right to the commissary and filled a store room large enough to hold four freight car loads.  copied from article by Virginia Jackson
Courtesy Mike Woodfin


This cypress lock sawed out 5,476 board feel of lumber.
Courtesy Mike Woodfin

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