Chevelier, Florida

Chevelier, Florida was a planned community located near Chevelier Point on the Chevelier Bay. It is in Monroe County, Florida, United States

Chevelier, Florida was a community in which plans started in 1916 by James F Jaudon a Miami businessmen. Jaudon created a corporation called the Chevelier Corporation to help sales. It was advertised that it was perfect land for sugarcane and agricultural usage. Land in Chevelier was $20 a acre. Tamiami Trail was being proposed at the time which would help his city to develop he got very involved in the construction of it. When the trail was completed in 1928. There was not as large of an amount of development as expected and the Chevelier Corporation declared bankruptcy in 1937. It was then sold off to the Federal Government for back taxes. In 1947 the area became a part of the Everglades National Park and still is to the present.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ "Chevelier - Ghost Town". www.ghosttowns.com. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  2. ↑ "Libraries. Florida International University" (PDF). Fredk. S. Morse Real Estate and Fire Insurance.

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