Spuds, Florida
Spudsis anunincorporated communityinSt. Johns County,Florida,United States. The community is situated in a region that depends economically on potato growing and other agriculture. As well as potatoes, the land around Spuds provides gladioli.[1][2]A camp for German prisoners of war was built in Spuds duringWorld War II,close to the intersection between State Roads206and 207.[3]
Location
[edit]Spuds is located at29°44′22″N81°28′18″W/ 29.7394°N 81.4717°W(29.7394, -81.4717),[4]near the intersection ofState Road 207,which is six miles to the south-west leads toHastingsand 25 miles to the north-east leads toSt. Augustine,andCounty Road 13,which eventually leads toJacksonville,50 miles to the north. AFlorida East Coast Railwayline formerly ran through Spuds from St. Augustine to Palatka, with a stop also called Spuds.[5]Today this line is part of the Palatka-to-St. Augustine State Trail.[6]
References
[edit]- ^"Small potatoes".Gainesville Sun.May 1, 1989.RetrievedJune 11,2010.[dead link]
- ^"Seeing Switzerland, Spuds, and Springs".The Miami News.December 20, 1980.RetrievedJune 11,2010.
- ^"1943-1946 - German POWs here?".The St Augustine Report.May 4, 2010. Archived fromthe originalon July 17, 2011.RetrievedJune 11,2010.
- ^"US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990".United States Census Bureau.February 12, 2011. Archived fromthe originalon May 27, 2002.RetrievedApril 23,2011.
- ^Bramson, Seth (2003).Speedway to sunshine: the story of the Florida East Coast Railway.Boston Mills Press. p. 165.ISBN1-55046-358-6.
- ^"Palatka-to-St. Augustine State Trail".Trail Link.RetrievedFebruary 25,2020.
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