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The Micanopy Historical Society Museum is located at 607 Northeast 1st Avenue, Micanopy, Florida, United States. It contains materials relating to the history of the town. [2] It is part of the Micanopy Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [3]
Micanopy (/ ˌ m ɪ k ə ˈ n oʊ p i / ⓘ MIK-ə-NOH-pee) is a town in Alachua County, Florida, United States, located south of Gainesville. It is part of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population as of the 2020 census was 648, up from 600 at the 2010 census.
Micanopy station. The Florida Southern Railway was first chartered as the Gainesville, Ocala, and Charlotte Harbor Railroad in 1879, with a planned route from Lake City to Charlotte Harbor with a branch to Palatka to connect with steamboats on the St. Johns River. The name was then changed to the Florida Southern Railway in 1881. [1]
The Micanopy Historic District is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on January 28, 1983) located in Micanopy, Florida. It encompasses approximately 470 acres (1.9 km 2 ), bounded by roughly Cholokka Boulevard from US 441 to Ocala Street then Smith Street West to Okehumkee Street.
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This vast area may look and feel like the Old West, but it’s actually in the small town of Micanopy, Florida—which becomes apparent when you see the park’s wetlands filled with alligators ...
The Gainesville, Rocky Point, and Micanopy Railway was chartered in 1884, to connect Gainesville, Florida and Micanopy, Florida, in Alachua County.Although the company started with a capital stock of $300,000, progress was slow, and in 1894 L. L Hill purchased the charter and changed the name to Gainesville and Gulf Railway (sometimes called the "Grits and Gravy").
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate historic equipment on museum grounds.