GREENBAY
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NAME: Greenbay COUNTY: Polk ROADS: 2WD GRID: 3 CLIMATE: hot in summer, mild to cold otherwise BEST TIME TO VISIT: anytime |
COMMENTS:
No current residents. From Fort Meade take US17 north to Homeland, head west on 640 Homeland Rd. Greenbay is on 640 between Agricola Road and Bonnie Mine Rd. Many other phosphate industry ghost towns are around in this area. REMAINS: none known, possible foundations in the overgrowth |
| Greenbay was an early phosphate mining community, starting around 1907. It was a company town like many others in Polk County, designed for workers and their families. In those days the phosphate mines were isolated and usually there were few if any good roads leading to them, and even fewer workers with automobiles to get there. Employers had to provide housing for their workers or found it impossible to find help. By the 1950s the situation had changed, with phosphate and chemical operations filling the area. The industry no longer needed to offer housing and the company owned phophate communities all disappeared. Submitted by: Jim Pike |  Greenbay railroad signal box Courtesy Jim Pike
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