Flora, Florida
Flora was a community just northeast of the city of Gainesville, in Alachua County, in the late 19th century. A former colonel in the Union Army, Louis A. Barnes, who had served as sheriff and tax collector for the county, and registrar for the U.S Land Office, laid out a 2,000-acre (810 ha) subdivision between the Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad and the Live Oak, Tampa and Charlotte Harbor Railroad north of the Gainesville city limits. In 1883, Five-acre (2.0 ha) lots were being sold for fruit and vegetable farming. A post office was opened in 1895 and closed in 1896. The community was annexed into the city of Gainesville, beginning in 1905.[1][2][3][4]
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- ^ Webber, Carl (1883). The Eden of the South. New York. p. 65.
- ^ Pickard, John B. Florida's Eden: An Illustrated History of Alachua County. Gainesville, Florida: Maupin House. pp. 41–42. ISBN 0-929895-12-6.
- ^ Bradbury, Alford G.; Hallock, E. Story (1962). A chronology of Florida post offices. Florida Federation of Stamp Clubs. p. 29.
- ^ "Annexation History". City of Gainesville. Archived from the original on 2009-07-17. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
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