Harker, Florida

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Harker
Unincorporated community
Harker is located in Florida
Harker
Harker
Location within the state of Florida
Coordinates: 26°20′36″N 81°20′36″W / 26.34333°N 81.34333°W / 26.34333; -81.34333Coordinates: 26°20′36″N 81°20′36″W / 26.34333°N 81.34333°W / 26.34333; -81.34333
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountyCollier
Elevation
[1]
23 ft (7 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID295336[1]

Harker was an unincorporated community located in Collier County, Florida, United States, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) East of the city of Bonita Springs and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) Southeast of the town of Immokalee.[1] Most maps indicate that Harker is located on State Road 29 between West Main Street to the North and Oil Well Road to the South.[citation needed] West of Harker is , and to the East is the Okaloacoochee Slough.

Harker was a stop on the Haines City Branch branch of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and was home mainly to farm workers who road the train daily to work sites farther south. Farms in Harker were known for their "squash, potatoes, and large tomatoes". Harker is one of at least 15 communities in a contiguous 40-mile line that are now gone.[2]

State Road 29[3] and the railroad were both built through Harker in the 1920s.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Harker, Florida". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  2. ^ Hammond, James (2008). Florida'sVanishing Trail. The author. pp. 70, 202. ISBN 978-0-578-00385-6.
  3. ^ Carter, Luther J. (1974). The Florida Experience: Land and Water Policy in a Growth State. The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-1646-7.
  4. ^ Turner, Gregg M. (December 1, 1999). Railroads of Southwest Florida. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing.


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