Traxler, Florida

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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

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  Memorial

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  Springhill Methodist Church

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  Sign for a road entering Traxler

References

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 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