Hopkins, also known as South Melbourne, is a former town in Brevard County, Florida, United States.
Hopkins constructed the Union Cypress Railroad to transport timber from Deer Park in Osceola County to his mills south of Melbourne.
Many of the original bridges, including the first to span the Indian River at Cocoa, were built with Union Cypress products.
The Hopkins sawmills finally closed after the Deer Park site had been stripped of its most valuable timber.
The Kempfer Sawmill continues to operate near Deer Park, providing cypress and mulch for Brevard and Osceola Counties.