HOPKINS

NAME: Hopkins
COUNTY: Brevard
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 3
CLIMATE: Humid in Summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime 		COMMENTS: Currently within the city limits of Brevard.
REMAINS: Some railroad grade near the mill.
A mill town, founded about 1900, folded in 1925 with the closure of the Union Cypress Railroad. This railroad ran to Deer Park along present day alignment of University Blvd (Melbourne), Fell Rd (West Melbourne), Milwaukee Ave (June Park) and remaining railroad tresses in Little Lake Sawgrass. Submitted by: Gerald McMillen


Union Cypress Co. Lumber Mill, 1916
Courtesy Jim Pike


Union Cypress Co. Lumber Mill, Hopkins 1916
Courtesy Jim Pike


Hopkins townsite
Courtesy Jim Pike


Former Union Cypress Company Lumber Mill building, now a boxing gym


Union Cypress Lumber Mill old brick building at railroad tracks
Courtesy Jim Pike


Close-up of brick mill building window
Courtesy Jim Pike


Old railroad spur at Union Cypress Lumber Mill site
Courtesy Jim Pike

 

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