Florinda was a named place in Florida in 1930. A rail line connected 26.6 miles from
Lake Wales
Lake Wales is a city in Polk County, Florida. The population was 14,225 at the 2010 census. , the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 16,759. It is part of the Lakeland– Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area. Lake Wales is ...
through
Grove, Florida,
Templeton, Florida,
Hesperides, Florida,
Walinwa, Florida,
Sumica, Florida, and Florinda, Florida to
Nalaca, Florida. The area took its name from the Florinda Mill & Planing Mill Co. The area's post office was established at
Sumica.
[American Lumberman: Commissary supplement, Volumes 11-12< 1918 page 51 ] In 1922 the Florinda company budgeted $100,000 for new sawmill equipment including planers, saws, and matchers for a daily output of about 35,000 ft. The purchase replaced equipment destroyed in a fire.
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Geography of Florida
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