Editing Medulla, Florida (section)

==History==
A post office was established at Medulla in 1881, and remained in operation until 1909.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=FL&county=Polk | title=Polk County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=6 June 2015}}</ref> Before the post office opened, the community was called Spring Hill.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FLROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4_sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1418%2C2813009 | title=Polk towns named from various sources | work=Lakeland Ledger | date=Jul 8, 1987 | access-date=6 June 2015 | author=Sawyer, Martha F. | pages=5C}}</ref> The name Medulla was given to the area due to its connecting link on the stagecoach rail-line between Bartow and Fort Meade, similar to how the [[medulla oblongata]] (in the lower part of the brain) connects with spinal cord.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=n7wwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CPwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1280%2C137027 | title=Conversation pieces: Polk history about towns lost and found | work=Lakeland Ledger | date=Jun 1, 1988 | access-date=7 October 2015 | author=Sawyer, Martha F. | pages=10C}}</ref> Medulla saw a period of rapid growth throughout the 1990s and early 2000s with development of Deer Brooke, a mega [https://www.trulia.com/voices/In_My_Neighborhood/what_does_deed_restricted_mean_Can_it_mean_diff-360915 deed restricted community]. Development of many other smaller subdivisions soon followed.