Willow, Florida

The area is believed to have included a sawmill, turpentine still, a planer mill, a dry kiln, Robbins family home, general store (known as the commissary), 75 to 80 worker houses with garden plots, a house of prostitution located on the Little Manatee River, Snowden's filling station, a post office constructed in 1889, a railroad depot with a water tower, and a church, school, and juke joint located in the black section of town.

The town failed with the onset of the Great Depression as the price of lumber dropped and the business moved to Tampa in 1937.

[1] The railroad bridge needs a significant amount of repair before it can be used again and some of the rails leading to it on the south side have been removed, so that trains can not currently travel across it.

At Willow, there is a railroad spur that leads east off of the mainline to a Florida Power & Light Company plant.

As of 2009[update], the Florida Railroad Museum was expanding its facilities in Willow where restoration and repair work is conducted.