Elwood Park, Florida

Elwood Park is an unincorporated area in Manatee County, Florida, United States.

The New Home Development Company advertised the agricultural tracts in the Midwest to Northerners willing to cultivate the land and Moore provided the training and supplies needed.

[1] By 1918, several farms had been established at the site and a shell road was laid to connect Elwood Park to the nearest town of Manatee.

[4][5][6] However, the development of the neighborhood, which included plans for an amusement park and lavish amenities, was hampered by the Florida real estate bust in 1927.

Although still largely rural and home to a few smaller farms and plant nurseries, Elwood Park had experienced independent residential development since the 1950s, but the former subdivision plans were never brought to fruition.