Did You Know-town is a series of hyper-local trivia bits about the City Beautiful.
Curry Ford was named after the Curry family, one of the early notable homesteaders in the Orlando area. They owned land in East Orlando, where the Econlockhatchee River flowed. In order to cross their land, travelers would have to “ford” the river. Hence the name, Curry Ford.
If by homesteader, you mean homesteader, no Curry family homesteaded in Orange County. The homestead records of the General Land Office are available and searchable online at BLM. “Curry Ford” was platted 1890 and the plat is available online at the county comptroller’s website. Fries’ 1890 Orange County map available online at the LoC names and depicts the ford location on the Econlockhatchee River. Aaron Jackson Curry and family was enumerated 1885 in Orange County in the Florida State Decennial Census and is as close as I can get to a Curry family albeit in the section west of St. Cloud that was ceded to Osceola County when it was formed in 1890. How Curry Ford got its name remains a mystery TMK.
Interestingly, there is another Curry Ford Rd a little South of Ft Stewart, GA. I came across it exploring on Google maps.
jodymask who knew? Not this girl!
McDGmai OrlandiaPodcast orlandocemetery Bungalower From floridahikes http://floridahikes.com/halscott (This is where “Curry’s Ford” is!)
OrlandiaPodcast Good trivia. Wonder if Don orlandocemetery knew this.
Let’s do it sometime.
The actual crossing is inside Hal Scott Preserve, and you can ford it too! Read this from Florida Hikes! for more: http://floridahikes.com/halscott
Have you ever been on a Moonlight Walking Tour at Greenwood Cemetery? You’ll learn about lots of people you know only as street names! But you have to be fast when the tickets are made available, as they are usually snapped up in minutes. More here: http://www.greenwood-cemetery.net/moonlight-walking-tours/
Nice! We’ve actually done Bumby already – https://bungalower.com/2015/02/joseph-bumby/
Thanks Ryan! We like you too. Keep reading!
I like the stuff you guys put out and find it very interesting
haha make us your one source of useful knowledge
I wish there was 1 source…
Lol is that where you learn all your useless knowledge?
It’s just useless knowledge I thought might interest you
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Melanie Fatula
Bungalower Conway, what’s in the name? Is there any name connection between Rosalind and Primrose? Acutal person named Rosalind or is it latin for Rose Line? Some I thought were interesting: Bumby, Gatlin, Pine Castle Area and the actual”Castle”,
That’s great Jeff Benavides! Give us some of the ones you’re wondering about
So glad you did this! There are several streets and areas I always wonder the names of!
Now ya know