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History. The Town of Baldwin was first settled under the name of Thigpen in 1846. Mr. Thigpen had opened a tavern to benefit the stagecoach line at the crossroads of what is today Baldwin. He supplied horses for the stage and shelter and food for the passengers.
- Alachua. a Timucuan word meaning “sink” or “big jug” (sources differ). It was used to describe the many sinkholes in the area, many of which have become bowl-shaped lakes.
- Baker. Named for James McNair Baker, a confederate Florida senator and judge during the Civil War. The county was named for him while he was serving as a judge.
- Bay. Named after St. Andrews Bay, which is a defining characteristic of the county.
- Bradford. Named in honor of Richard Bradford, who was apparently the first Floridian officer to die in the Civil War during the Battle of Santa Rosa Island.
A hurricane in 1916 changed the topography of the island by closing the Key and creating a new opening on the western end of the island. When Florida attempted to claim the land between the old pass and the new, Alabama legislators replied "Oh no you don't." That gave rise to the name, Ono Island. [4] [5]
The answer is no: Marco Island is a barrier island, distinctively different from a key. I’ll spare you the painful details, but Florida’s geological features seem to be appropriately named according to my research.
Aug 28, 2018 · In the late 1850s, two sets of intersecting railroad tracks were built, and the town became an important terminal for Florida Atlantic and Gulf Central Railroad’s Lake City-to-Jacksonville line. The town was renamed in honor of the railroad company’s founder and president, Dr. Abel S. Baldwin.
The state received its name from that conquistador, who called the peninsula La Pascua Florida in recognition of the verdant landscape and because it was the Easter season, which the Spaniards called Pascua Florida (Festival of Flowers).
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The first railroad was built through Thigpen in 1857, with a second crossing it in 1859. The name was changed to Baldwin in honor of Abel Seymour Baldwin, the president of the Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central Railroad, a railroad that ran from Lake City to Jacksonville.
