Editing Interlachen, Florida (section)

==History==
[[File:Interlachen FL UMC sq pano01.jpg|thumb|left|Interlachen [[United Methodist Church]]]]
When the [[Florida Southern Railway]] came through in the 1870s, the area opened up to settlers, and the area was known as "'''''Blue Pond'''''".<ref name=history>{{Cite web|title=Welcome to the Town of Interlachen|url=https://www.interlachen-fl.gov/|website=www.interlachen-fl.gov/}}</ref> The town developed economically as a winter vacation spot and citrus growing area. The '''Town of Interlachen''' was officially incorporated as a municipality in 1888.<ref name=IntInc/> The Hastings Seed House was organized in 1889, moving to [[Atlanta, Georgia]] ten years later. In 1891, the Interlachen Town Hall burned down.<ref name=history/> Another was built to replace it the following year and it still stands—now housing a museum—and is also used as a place for presentations for certain festivals. When the [[Great Freeze]] hit in 1895, the town's tourism and citrus sharply declined.<ref name=history/> In 1895, Interlachen Academy was built; it is the oldest wooden school house in continuous use in Florida, which now serves as the location of the Interlachen High School's [[JROTC]] program.

The town's name came from one Mr. Berkelmann, a resident who had previously lived in [[Interlaken|Interlachen]], [[Switzerland]]. He suggested the name not only because of his former hometown, but because the Florida town is located between the 2 largest lakes (Lake Lagonda and Lake Chipco) in its town limits (of the more than 28 lakes in the town), and "[[Interlaken (disambiguation)|Interlachen]]", translates to "between the lakes".<ref>{{cite book |title=Interlachen Memories Print. Off. Bookstand Publishing |author=Dawson, Lynn Edward, Dawson, Mary Lou, Historical Society of Interlachen, INC. |pages=178 |url=
https://books.google.com/books?id=avmKAAAACAAJ}}</ref>

In 1926, Interlachen first gained electricity and Route 14, now [[Florida State Road 20]], was constructed through it. In the 1930s, a train came through the town every two hours. But in 1969, with the decline of railroads, the Interlachen Railroad depot was razed. Currently, a [[caboose]] sits in the middle of the town as a reminder of the tourist haven the town once was.