CAMPVILLE
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NAME: Campville COUNTY: Alachua ROADS: 2WD GRID: 2 CLIMATE: Fine BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime |
COMMENTS:
At the intersection of US 301 and CR 1474. A few miles from Gainesville this hamlet has a few older residents that are descendants of the original workers and caretakers. REMAINS: Several Original 1800's Homes including the founding homestead of the Camp Family, The Hope Fellowship Church 1800's, The original roads and the rubbled site of the recently demolished Brick Plant |
| Campville, founded by the Camp Family, was a community surrounding a huge brick manufacturing plant owned by the Camps. The area,the oldest in Alachua County, was originally settled around 1850 but the main town of Campville was probably around 1889. The town stretching along the railroad "sported" a brick sidewalk along where the Post Office, General Store, and Train Depot used to stand. Nearby was a Turpentine Still operation. The bricks can still be found today. The Brick Plant is at the end of the road on hunting land. You will need to walk about 100 yards down an old road to the clearing where it once stood. It has been recently demolished with bricks strewn everywhere. Part of the old clay pit for the plant can also be seen. There also was a definite white and negro section to the town with the black section across CR 1474 to the South. Some "cracker" residences can be found across US 301 along with another old church The Damascus Church circa 1902. The brick making operation eventually moved to Gainesville and the towns people died or moved on. Submitted by: Mike Woodfin |
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