Location of Chaires

Chaires is an unincorporated community located just east of Tallahassee in Leon County, Florida. It is near the intersection of Chaires Cross Road and Capitola Road, northeast of Lake Lafayette and the Edwards Wildlife Area. In United States law, a region of land is unincorporated if it is not a part of any municipality. ... Tallahassee is the capital of Florida, a state of the United States of America. ... Leon County is a county located in the state of Florida. ...

Geography

Chaires is located at 30°26′09″N, 84°07′05″W (30.436, -84.1175).^GR1 Adapted from Wikipedias FL county maps by Seth Ilys. ...

History

1830s

Chaires was named after one of its earliest founders, Green Hill Chaires. Green Hill was one of three brothers who moved to Florida and helped settle Tallahassee and the surrounding areas. Green Hill and his brothers, Benjamin and Thomas Peter, all created thriving plantations in the southeastern section of Leon County. They settled down, became wealthy planters and were influential, to varying degrees, on the politics of North Florida. Although the plantations are gone, their legacies still exist today in the names, families, pride and history of the area that is now known as Chaires.

Green Hill originally built a cotton plantation on the edge of Lake Lafayette, Florida. Here he began to develop into a wealthy and, therefore, influential Southern planter. In 1838, however, an Indian raid left several of his family members, including his wife, dead and his home burned to the ground. To rebuild, Green Hill moved further east. He built a new plantation, called Evergreen Hills, in the area that is currently known as Chaires. It was so named because Green Hill owned all of this land until he gave certain tracts of it to the building of the railroad and his descendants had to sell of portions to survive. Green Hill and his descendants, however, continued to own much of the land in the Chaires district even through the Civil War when so many people lost so much. It was where Green Hill had established his final home that the Chaires family prospered until they have become known as one of the original aristocratic families of Tallahassee. 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. ... | Jöns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... “The Civil War” is the most common term for this conflict; see Naming the American Civil War. ... Aristocracy is a form of government in which rulership is in the hands of an upper class known as aristocrats. ...

1920s

Chaires School

Main article: The Chaires School

Probably one of the greatest historical gems of Chaires is the Chaires School. Chaires became more settled and the land more open, the community of Chaires began to grow. In response to the needs of this agrarian community, a small schoolhouse was built for the education of the white children. Agrarian has two meanings: It can mean pertaining to Agriculture It can also refer to the ideology of Agrarianism and Agrarian parties. ...

1980s

Chaires-Capitola Volunteer Fire Department

Established in 1982, the Chaires-Capitola Volunteer Fire Department serves the communities of Chaires, Capitola and a 75 square miles of more unincorporated Leon County east of Tallahassee. This includes about 8,300 homes which equates to approximately 19,000 residents. 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location of Capitola 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. ...

The Department has two stations, one in the immediate vicinity of Chaires Elementary School and the Dorothy Cooper Spence Community Center on Chaires Cross Road. Station 12 is shared with the Tallahassee Fire Department and Leon County EMS, who each provide 24 hour coverage to the area from this location. The second CCVFD station (#30) is location near the intersection of Williams Rd and Louvinia Drive.

The Department, in July 2006, boasts an active membership of 21 volunteers. The Department owns 5 apparatus: one engine, one tanker, two brush trucks, and one light rescue. 65% of the Department's calls are medical assists include vehicle rescues. With nine miles of I-10, eleven miles of US-90, and eight miles of US-27, many vehicle accidents are severe due to high speeds. As such, the Department maintains state-of-the-art rescue tools.

2000s

Chaires-Capitola Community Park

Dorothy Cooper Spence Community Center

In the early 2000s, Leon County developed a new community park adjacent to Chaires Elementary School. The park has 4 Lighted Tennis Courts, 2 Basketball Courts, Restrooms/Concession Building, and 2 Standard Little League Baseball Fields. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Empty tennis courts. ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... Flush toilet A toilet is a plumbing fixture devised for the disposal of bodily wastes, including urine, feces, menses and vomit. ... In politics, a concession is the act of a candidate yielding to the other condidate. ... Little League is the name of a non-profit organization in the United States which organizes local childrens leagues of baseball and softball throughout the USA and the rest of the world. ...

Dorothy Cooper Spence Community Center

A community center was also built to serve the citizens of the community. Subsequently named after Dorothy Cooper Spence, a community activist. The community center and park have become the focal point of the larger Chaires community.

Unknown Boundaries or Population

Since Chaires is not a formal municipality, but rather a community by association, it's boundaries are undefined. However, with the growing sprawl of the city of Tallahassee, more and more people in unincorporated eastern Leon County often distinguish themselves by associating with the "Chaires" community name. This sometimes includes neighborhoods south of Apalachee Parkway, along Williams, Louvinia, and WW Kelley Roads. Tallahassee is the capital of Florida, a state of the United States of America. ...

Political

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External links

• Chaires-Capitola Volunteer Fire Department
• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 30.436° -84.1175°
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Cities and communities of Leon County, Florida
County seat Tallahassee Incorporated places Tallahassee Unincorporated places Bradfordville | Centerville | Chaires | Felkel | Iamonia | Meridian | Miccosukee | Ochlockonee | Wadesboro | Woodville Adjacent Counties Grady (GA) | Thomas (GA) | Jefferson | Wakulla | Gadsden | Liberty

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