Tarrytown is an

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in central

Sumter County, Florida Sumter County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population is 129,752. It has the oldest median age (68.3 years) of any US county and the highest percentage of residents aged 65 a ...

, United States. The ZIP Code for this community is 33597, which is shared by

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, four miles to the north.

Geography

Tarrytown is bordered by the

Withlacoochee State Forest The Withlacoochee State Forest is in the western central part in the U.S. state of Florida, near Lecanto, Inverness, Floral City, Brooksville, Ridge Manor, and Dade City. The forest was named for the Withlacoochee River, which passes thr ...

to the south, St. Catherine to the west, Webster to the north, and Linden to the east.

Transportation and Economy

The main roads through Tarrytown are State Road 50 and State Road 471. An abandoned railroad line formerly owned by the

Orange Belt Railway The Orange Belt Railway (later known as the Sanford & St. Petersburg Railroad) was a narrow gauge railroad established in 1885 by Russian exile Peter Demens in Florida. It was one of the longest narrow gauge railroads in the United States at th ...

spanning from

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Pasco County Pasco County is located on the west central coast of the U.S. state of Florida. According to the 2020 census, the population was 561,691. Its county seat is Dade City, and its largest city is Zephyrhills. The county is named after Samuel Pasco ...

to Sylvan Lake in Seminole County runs northeast and southwest in Tarrytown, and can be found on SR 471 just south of the intersection with SR 50. The chief industries of Tarrytown are timber and farming. The former Orange Belt Railway line ran through the saw mill on the southwest corner of SRs 50 and 471.

References

External links

Tarrytown, Florida (MapQuest)
Unincorporated communities in Sumter County, Florida Unincorporated communities in Florida {{SumterCountyFL-geo-stub