Traxler, Florida

Location within county from http://www.census.gov

Traxler is a ghost town located in Alachua County, Florida, United States.

History

William H. Traxler, son of settlers from South Carolina, was born near the natural bridge in Columbia County in 1854. In the 1880s he acquired property in Alachua County on the Bellamy Road, opened a general store, and began farming. He married the daughter of Simeon Dell, Mary Lelia, in 1889. Prospering, he increased his holdings and enlarged the commissary. The post office, established in 1891 with Mr. Traxler as postmaster, was discontinued in 1906.^[1] At one time the community had a one-room school, a number of tenant farm homes, a cotton gin, grist mill, and church.^[2]

Gallery

Memorial
Springhill Methodist Church
Sign for a road entering Traxler

References

↑ Gallagher, John S. (1997) Florida Post Offices, p. 7 Lake Grove, Oregon: The Depot
↑ Alachua County Historical Commission. .

External links

History of Traxler
Springhill Methodist Church Includes several pictures.

Municipalities and communities of Alachua County, Florida, United States

County seat: Gainesville

Cities	Alachua Archer Gainesville Hawthorne High Springs Newberry Waldo

Towns	LaCrosse Micanopy

Unincorporated communities	Bland Cross Creek Earleton Evinston Hague Haile Haile Plantation Hasan Island Grove Jonesville Lochloosa Melrose Rochelle Windsor

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 29°52′N 82°32′W / 29.867°N 82.533°W / 29.867; -82.533

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