Editing Zolfo Springs, Florida (section)

==History==
Early prosperity in the area (where the settlement was known as "'''''Zolfo'''''") was due to its location along the [[Florida Cracker Trail]], a cattle trail from [[Bradenton, Florida|Bradenton]] to [[Fort Pierce, Florida|Fort Pierce]].  Cattle herded from this area and the [[Florida Heartland]] was run to the coasts along this route as early as 1850.  The [[Florida Cracker Trail]] today includes parts of [[Florida State Road 64|State Road 64]] and [[Florida State Road 66|State Road 66]] through Zolfo Springs.<ref name="ZolHis"/><ref name="Zolfo">{{cite web|title=Zolfo Springs Downtown Vision Plan|url=http://www.cfrpc.org/zolfospringsvisioning/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/05/Zolfo_Springs_Downtown_Vision_Plan_Draft_05-20-14.pdf?x52169|website=Central Florida Regional Planning Council|access-date=May 6, 2018}}</ref>

In 1886, transportation improved through Zolfo when the [[Florida Southern Railway]] (later the [[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad]]) was built through the town on its way from [[Bartow, Florida|Bartow]] to [[Punta Gorda, Florida|Punta Gorda]].<ref name="Turner">{{cite book| last =Turner | first =Gregg M. | title =Railroads of Southwest Florida | publisher =Arcadia Publishing | series =Images of America | date =December 1, 1999}}</ref>  The railroad built a depot in the town and a post office was established the same year.  The railroad was removed in the early 1980s.  Today [[U.S. Route 17 in Florida|US 17]] runs along the former railroad right of way (with Main Street being the original alignment of US 17).<ref name="ZolHis"/><ref name="Zolfo"/>

It was officially incorporated as a municipality on October 18, 1904, as the "'''''Town of Zolfo'''''", but was officially renamed as the "'''Town of Zolfo Springs'''" on September 13, 1909.<ref name="ZolHis"/>