LIMONA
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NAME: Limona COUNTY: Hillsborough ROADS: 2WD GRID: 3 CLIMATE: Fine BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime |
COMMENTS:
Overtaken by Brandon. Take Lakewood Drive north from Hwy 60 in Brandon. Cemetery is on the right. The other structures are a few blocks east. Not much else that date back to town. REMAINS: Cemetery, PO, Lions Club |
| LIMONA Founded January 12, 1896 Lakewood Drive, part of old Seminole Indian trails, led to Fort Brooke and "Pease Creek". In 1876 Judge Gillette Knapp of Wisconsin settled and named Limona after citrus trees left by the Spanish. In 1877 the Elgin Watch Co. formed Limona Park Ass'n for a winter retreat. Surveyor E.E. Pratt wrote the land was "best in Florida…high, dry…beautiful lakes…clear soft water". Knapp established this cemetery, a church, school, and in 1878 a post office. In 1881 he proposed Tampa Historical Society. Copied from the Limona Historical Marker Submitted by: Mike Woodfin |
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