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West Tocoi: Railroad down east coast ended clay site (Ghost Town)

Location: Near the present-day intersection of County Roads 209 and 214 in southeast Clay County.

Heyday: West Tocoi was a late 19th century transportation hub. From 1870 to 1892, it was the dropoff for passengers of the Tampa-to-Jacksonville railroad who wanted to head to St. Augustine. At West Tocoi, they rode a ferry to the east side of the St. Johns River to a landing aptly known as Tocoi.

Undoing: Henry Flagler’s railroad down Florida’s east coast enabled travelers to bypass West Tocoi. The railroad spur from Tocoi to St. Augustine had closed by 1895.

Remnants: Not much. A low-slung, dilapidated building along 209 once housed workers from a nearby turpentine plant. Across the street, a pair of wooden buildings moulder in the shade of towering live oaks. Green road signs label 209 as West Tocoi Road as the two-lane ribbon of asphalt nears its terminus at the Putnam County community of Bostwick.

Sources: Ghosttowns.com; Claude Bass, Clay County archivist

List of Churches in Clay County FL

Abline Missionary Baptist Church Clay Putnam Hall
Abundant Life Church Clay Gold Head Branch
Assembly Church Clay Orange Park
Believers Worship Center Church of God Clay Melrose
Berean Church Clay Fleming Island
Beulah Missionary Church Clay Kingsley
Bible Baptist Church Clay Jacksonville Heights
Black Creek Baptist Church Clay Middleburg
Black Pond Church Clay Middleburg
Branan Field Baptist Church Clay Jacksonville Heights
Calvary Baptist Church Clay Middleburg
Calvary Church Clay Middleburg
Calvary United Church Clay Orange Park
Celebration Church of Jacksonville Orange Park Clay Orange Park
Central Baptist Church Clay Jacksonville Heights
Christian Fellowship Church Clay Green Cove Springs
Church of Christ Clay Keystone Heights
Church of Christ Melrose Clay Melrose
Church of Christ of Black Creek Clay Middleburg
Church of God Clay Orange Park
Church of God Clay Middleburg SW
Church of God in Christ Clay Green Cove Springs
Church of the Brethren Clay Middleburg
Church of the Nazarene Clay Jacksonville Heights
Cinnamon Street Church Clay Middleburg SW
Clay Community Church Clay Jacksonville Heights
Clay Hill Church of God Clay Middleburg SW
Community Chapel Clay Green Cove Springs
Community Church of Keystone Heights Clay Keystone Heights
Community Hope Church of God Clay Keystone Heights
Congregational Holiness Church Clay Green Cove Springs
Crossroad Lutheran Church Clay Fleming Island
Decoy Church Clay Bostwick
Divine Deliverance Church of God by Faith Clay Keystone Heights
Doctors Inlet Church of God Clay Middleburg
Faith Baptist Temple Clay Green Cove Springs
Faith Chapel Pentecostal Holiness Church Clay Orange Park
Faith Evangelical Free Church Clay Middleburg
Faith Wesleyan Church Clay Middleburg
Faith Wesleyan Church Clay Fleming Island
Fellowship Bible Church Clay Middleburg
First African Church Clay Green Cove Springs
First Assembly of God Clay Keystone Heights
First Assembly of God Church Clay Middleburg SW
First Baptist Church Clay Green Cove Springs
First Baptist Church Clay Keystone Heights
First Baptist Church Clay Orange Park
First Baptist Church of Keystone Heights Clay Keystone Heights
First Baptist Church of Orange Park Clay Orange Park
First Black Creek Baptist Church Clay Penney Farms
First Christian Church Clay Jacksonville Heights
First Church of God Clay Middleburg
First Presbyterian Church Clay Green Cove Springs
First United Methodist Church of Green Cove Springs Clay Green Cove Springs
Fleming Island Baptist Church Clay Fleming Island
Fleming Island Presbyterian Church Clay Fleming Island
Freedom Baptist Church Clay Keystone Heights
Freedom Church Clay Middleburg SW
Fresh Start Fellowship Clay Keystone Heights
Friendship Bible Church Clay Keystone Heights
Gadara Baptist Church Clay Keystone Heights
Gadara Baptist Church Clay Gold Head Branch
Gilgal Baptist Church Clay Keystone Heights
Good Samaritan Lutheran Church Clay Jacksonville Heights
Grace Baptist Church Clay Green Cove Springs
Grace Baptist Church Clay Middleburg
Grace Church Clay Orange Park
Greater Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Clay Green Cove Springs
Green Cove Springs Assembly of God Church Clay Green Cove Springs
Heritage Church Clay Fleming Island
Hibernia Baptist Church Clay Orange Park
Hickory Grove Baptist Church Clay Green Cove Springs
Highlands Baptist Church Clay Highland [PHOTO]
Hope Baptist Church Clay Keystone Heights
House of Worship Church Clay Green Cove Springs
Immanuel Church Clay Orange Park
Island View Baptist Church Clay Orange Park
Island View Church Clay Orange Park
Keystone Heights Church of God Clay Keystone Heights
Keystone United Methodist Church Clay Keystone Heights
Kingsley Lake Baptist Church Clay Starke
Lake Area Bible Church Clay Keystone Heights
Lake Hill Baptist Church Clay Gold Head Branch
Lakeside Church Clay Orange Park
Little Ruth Church Clay Green Cove Springs
Little Ruth Church Clay Green Cove Springs
Long Branch Church Clay Middleburg
Madeira Baptist Church Clay Middleburg
Maderia Drive Chapel Clay Orange Park
Middleburg Church of Christ Clay Middleburg
Middleburg Church of Christ Clay Middleburg SW
Middleburg Methodist Church Clay Middleburg
Miller Street Church of Christ Clay Orange Park
Moosehaven Chapel Clay Orange Park
Morningstar Family Church Clay Middleburg
Mount Zion Church Clay Green Cove Springs
New Bethel Church Clay Penney Farms
New Hope Church Clay Penney Farms
New Hope Pentecostal Church Clay Orange Park
New Macedonia Church Clay Middleburg
New Testament Baptist Church Clay Middleburg
Oak Grove Church Clay Middleburg SW
Old Saint Marys Church Clay Green Cove Springs
Orange Avenue Church Clay Fleming Island
Orange Park Bible Church Clay Orange Park
Orange Park Church of Christ Clay Orange Park
Orange Park Church of Nazarene Clay Jacksonville Heights
Orange Park Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses Clay Middleburg
Orange Park United Methodist Church Clay Orange Park
Park of the Palms Church Clay Keystone Heights
Peoria Church Clay Middleburg
Pinewood Church Clay Middleburg
Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church Clay Keystone Heights
Reynolds Chapel Clay Kingsley
Ridgewood Baptist Church Clay Jacksonville Heights
Russell Missionary Church Clay Middleburg
Sacred Heart Catholic Church Clay Green Cove Springs
Saint Annes Episcopal Church Clay Keystone Heights
Saint Catherines Church Clay Orange Park
Saint Giles Church Clay Jacksonville Heights
Saint James Church Clay Orange Park
Saint John Missionary Baptist Church Clay Orange Park
Saint Lukes Catholic Church Clay Middleburg
Saint Lukes Church Clay Fleming Island
Saint Lukes Church Clay Middleburg
Saint Margaret Church Clay Fleming Island
Saint Mark Church Clay Middleburg SW
Saint Mark Missionary Baptist Church Clay Middleburg SW
Saint Michael and all Angels Traditional Episcopal Church Clay Fleming Island
Saint Paul Church of Orange Park Clay Jacksonville Heights
Saint Peters Church Clay Middleburg
Saint Peters Lutheran Church Clay Middleburg
Saint William Catholic Church Clay Keystone Heights
Salem Church Clay Penney Farms
Seventh Day Adventist Church Clay Fleming Island
Sharon Baptist Church
Shiloh Church Clay Green Cove Springs
Sunshine Holiness Church Clay Green Cove Springs
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Clay Middleburg SW
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Clay Orange Park
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Clay Orange Park
The Jesus Church Clay Middleburg SW
Triumph Church Clay Green Cove Springs
Victory Christian Center Church Clay Jacksonville Heights