Liverpool, Florida
Liverpool | |
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Ghost Town | |
| Country |  De Soto County, Florida |
| Founded | 1880 |
Liverpool is a ghost town in DeSoto County, Florida, United States on the Peace River.
History
Liverpool was a phosphate mining town in Florida and was named for its founder, John Cross, from
J. E. Riley oversaw the town's mining operations, served as its mayor and served as a local sheriff. The town in its heyday had docks along the river, post office, hotel, newspaper and a stage shop. After this, John Cross decided to buy and develop land in Charlotte County. The town's postal service was discontinued in 1895, in the same year a map was made of Charlotte County and showed the town on the Peace River. In 1905, the area started to run out of phosphate and the town began to decline. The railroad was soon extended further south to Punta Gorda and Boca Grande, making its decline much faster and commerce was starting to shift to Fort Ogden and by the 1920s it was completely gone.[1][2][3]
See also
References
- ^ "Liverpool - Ghost Town". www.ghosttowns.com. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
- ^ One blurry photograph
- ^ The phosphate mining railroads of Arcadia
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