Hicoria was a town in
Highlands County,
Florida.
The town was situated south of
Lake Placid and was established in the 1890s.
The town was located south of
Florida State Road 70, between
Old State Road 8 and
U.S. Route 27
U.S. Route 27 (US 27) is a north–south United States Highway in the southern and midwestern United States. The southern terminus is at US 1 in Miami, Florida. The northern terminus is at Interstate 69 (I-69) in Fort Wayne, Indiana. F ...
.
The
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad had a stop at the town on their
Haines City Branch.
A
lumber mill, owned by Mr. Roblin operated in Hicoria between 1928 and 1934.
See also
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List of ghost towns in Florida
This is an incomplete List of ghost towns in Florida sortable by name, county, or coordinates. Note that the county names are modern (as of 2018); in several cases, the ghost town, when inhabited, was in a different county than the modern ...
References
Former populated places in Florida
Former populated places in Highlands County, Florida
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