Editing Ocoee, Florida (section)

===Incorporation and modern history===
Ocoee was incorporated in 1922<ref name="FLOC"/> (or 1923<ref name="COO"/><ref name=OcoInc/>) and became a city in 1925.<ref name="COO"/>

Highway construction was the impetus for Ocoee's growth in the 20th century. State Road 50 (SR 50) was constructed south of downtown Ocoee in 1959 and provided a direct east-west connection between the City and a growing Orlando. The development of what would become [[Florida State Road 50]] made the town more accessible to housing developers.<ref name="COO"/>  [[Florida's Turnpike]] was opened just south of downtown Ocoee in 1964.<ref name="COO"/>  In late 1990, Ocoee was connected to Orlando by a western extension of [[Florida State Road 408]] (the East-West Expressway) which then joined the Florida's Turnpike south of SR 50.<ref name="COO"/>  In 2000, the completion of [[Florida State Road 429]] (the Western Expressway) linked Ocoee with [[Walt Disney World]] to the south.<ref name="COO"/>