Lanier, Florida

However, the town was abandoned shortly thereafter when dual freezes wiped out the citrus crop in the area.

Offers Special Inducements of the new extension of the Florida Southern Railway to the Settlers as Follows: Large bodies of the richest drained prairie Land bordering Lake Griffin.

The new town and station are situated on healthful high pine land adjoining the great famous hammocks and wild budded orange groves which have made the place a center of wealth and wealthy men.

Col. Thomas C. Lanier 1886 The Lake County Historical Society has some additional information about this town.

There is also a copy of a speech in their records that claims the town was founded by a relative of Sydney Lanier.