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Narcoossee, Florida

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360: 155:) came through the town area, expanding the citrus shipping possibilities and improving the local economy. One of the prominent English citizens built Saint Peter's Episcopal Church which opened in 1898. After a series of hard freezes in the 1890s that wiped out citrus groves and a severe drought in 1908, many settlers gave up and left the area. In 1910, Fell acquired title to 144 square miles (370 km) in 75: 150:
English settlers began to arrive in 1883, drawn by newspaper advertisements extolling the virtues of the area and its citrus groves, promising an annual income of $ 10,000 once the groves matured. In 1888 the St. Cloud & Sugar Belt Railway (later renamed the
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and from St Cloud with housing developments springing up. The heart of the 'town' rests at the blinking light which is the intersection of Jones Road and Highway 15, also known as Narcoossee Road.
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Narcoossee began in the late 19th century as a settlement by E. Nelson Fell, on a huge tract of land on the shore of
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where it was joined to the existing church there becoming the church of St Luke and St Peter. Like the
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Narcoossee, Florida
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area around it, population growth has spread to Narcoosee both from
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Unincorporated communities in Osceola County, Florida
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Osceola County
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East Lake Tohopekaliga
County Road 15
U.S. Route 192
Battle at Narcoossee Mill
Chisolm Park
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