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Encyclopedia > Capitola, Florida
Location of Capitola
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Location of Capitola
Capitola Baptist Church, June 1958
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Capitola Baptist Church, June 1958

Capitola is a small uninorporated community in eastern Leon County, Florida located at Capitola Road and Leon County Road 1541. In United States law, a region of land is unincorporated if it is not a part of any municipality. ... Leon County is a county located in the state of Florida. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Florida State Road 158 is a former east-west route in Tallahassee along Tharpe Street. ...

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History

Evergreen Hills Plantation, a large cotton plantation, occupied the land that is now or exremely close to Capitola. From 1908 through the 1940s Capitola was served by the Florida Central Railroad. A sugarcane plantation at Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, 2005 A plantation is a large tract of monoculture, as a tree plantation, a cotton plantation, a tea plantation or a tobacco plantation. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... // Events and trends World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atomic bomb. ...


Today

The heart of town is marked by the Capitola Joy Mart, a small grocery / convenience store. The area is also home to the Capitola Baptist Church.


The small town of just a few dozen residents is often overshadowed by its close neighbor Chaires, Florida to the southwest. Both towns are served by the Chaires-Capitola Volunteer Fire Department.


Political

Capitola Governmental Representation
Position Name Party

County Commission At-Large Cliff Thaell Democrat
County Commission At-Large Ed DePuy Republican
Commissioner Bob Rackleff Democrat
U.S. House Ander Crenshaw Republican
Florida House Loranne Ausley Democrat

Note: DePuy was appointed by Governor Jeb Bush in 2004. Ander Crenshaw Ander Crenshaw (born September 1, 1944), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2001, representing the 4th District of Florida (map). ... John Ellis Jeb Bush (born February 11, 1953), a Republican, is the forty-third and current Governor of Florida. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


External links

  • Chaires-Capitola Volunteer Fire Department


 
 

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