TARRYTOWN

NAME: Tarrytown
COUNTY: Sumter
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 3
CLIMATE: hot in summer (and most of spring and fall)
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime
COMMENTS: Located at the intersection of State Road 50 and County Road 471.
REMAINS: a few older homes, not much from the early days
Tarrytown was a small sawmill community in the late 1800's, with most of its residents working for the mill or local citrus farms. The Orange Belt Railroad ran past the area through to the neighboring town of Linden. In 1886 the Railroad decided to move many of the mill-workers section houses, intact, to Linden, effectively ending the growth of Tarrytown. Today the mill still runs and a few families remain, but despite its name it is not a town, just a two-gasoline station crossroad out in the countryside. Submitted by: Jim Pike


Tarrytown
Courtesy Jim Pike


1955, 271 and SR50 intersection
Courtesy Jim Pike

 BACK