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Penney Farms is a town in central Clay County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The population was 821 at the 2020 census, up from 749 at the 2010 census.
Penney, along with his partner Ralph W. Gwinn, invested heavily in Florida real estate in the 1920s, especially Clay County in northeast Florida around Jacksonville. They established Penney Farms (an experimental farming community), which provided the basis for the Foremost Dairy Products Company. [2]
The Memorial Home Community Historic District (also known as Penney Retirement Community) is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on February 3, 1999) located in Penney Farms, Florida. The district is bounded by SR 16, Caroline Boulevard, Wilbanks Avenue, and Studio Road. It contains 24 historic buildings and 2 structures.
Mr. Penney was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 1976. In 1926, Penney founded a retirement community in Northeast Florida for retired ministers in honor of his father. Today that community is still in existence, bearing his name, and is located in the town that also bears his name, Penney Farms, Florida.
The dairy was sold to Velda Farms in January 1996. [3] The land that constituted the dairy headquarters and farm was a sizable piece of property located off Bowden Road on the city's south side. The land was redeveloped in 2000 as an office park known as The Silos, a reference to the land's previous appearance and function. [4]
Green Cove Springs is a city in and the county seat of Clay County, Florida, United States. [4] Green Cove Springs is a part of the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 9,786 at the 2020 census, up from 6,908 at the 2010 census. The city is named after the portion of the St. Johns River upon which it is built ...
J. C. Penney Memorial Scenic Highway 3 4.8 SR 21: Paso Fino Road April 30, 2010: SR 16: Includes loop in Penney Farms [17] [18] Lemon Bay/Myakka Trail Scenic Highway 47 75.6 Venice: Port Charlotte: April 9, 2008: SR 776 / CR 771 / CR 775A [19] Martin Grade Scenic Highway 12 19.3 SR 710 Allapattah Flats January 28, 2015: CR 714 / SW Martin ...
The southwestern terminus of CR 215 provides a shortcut towards Jacksonville, but the main road leading to that city is found later as SR 21, north of Belmore. East of SR 21, the road passes by the historic town of Penney Farms and then runs through Pass Station before crossing a bridge over Peters Creek. At the Clay County Fairgrounds, the ...