Cities Towns and Communities

Cedar Tree

The Cedar Tree Settlement was one of the earlier Hernando County settlements with a Post Office having been established in 1853. James Bates was the first Postmaster. In 1871 L. J. Strickland was elected was the Justice of the Peace for Cedar Tree. Cedar Tree is also found on maps as late as 1885.

Chocachatti

Chocochatti is one of the earliest settlements in Hernando County. Known alternately as Chocochatti Hammock and Chocochatti Prairie it has been spelled many different ways in many different publications. Some of the variations are: Chukochatty, Chicuchaty, Chicuchate, Chihuchaty, Chichuchate, Chichichate, Chicuhatte, Chocochattee, and Chocochatee, and Chocachatti. It is from the Seminole who were the first settlers of the Chocochatti and they called it Chukochatty. According to the Seminoles it was establishd in 1767. Chocachatti is the commonly accepted present day spelling and the Chocachatti Settlement was near present day Brooksville, just east of the present day town starting approximately just east of the Brooksville Cemetery on East Jefferson St. and the Chocachatti Hammock runs from there east and south to Sumter and Pasco Counties where it is bordered by the Green Swamp.

The 1842 Armed Occupation Act brought the first white settlers to the Chocachatti. The oldest grave in the Brooskville Cemetery is that of Charlotte Crum, wife of Richard R. Crum. She was killed by Indians on September 12, 1842 while riding in a wagon between present day Brooksville and Dade City (Pasco County). She may well have been the first white woman killed in Hernando County. Several others were in the party with her, but there were no other fatalities. Cypriot T. Jenkins has described it as the first Indian outrage in this county.

In the 1850 census the following families were found to be living in Chocachatti: The Harn's, Garrison's, Robles, Patterson's, Crum's, Hope's, Cray's, Crichton's, Harville's, Boyet's, Selph's, McLendon's, and Hammock's to name a few. Many of these families are still here in Hernando County today. In fact I am one of them, being the 3rd great granddaughter of Jackson Hammock who was enumerated in the 1850 Census.

Cooglers Beach

Coogler's Beach is listed in the GNIS as a populated place in Hernando County. The latitude and longitudes are 283312N 0823900W and that puts it near Bayport on the Gulf of Mexico.

Coon Wallow

Coon Wallow was the site of a turpentine still and was located near the intersection of US 19 and Knuckey Road, about 4 miles north of Centralia.

Couper

Couper is found on an 1885 map of Hernando County, just South of the present day Citrus County line at approximately US 41 and the county line. At first I thought perhaps it was a misspelling of Ft. Cooper, but lookingabit further north on the same map, Ft. Cooper is depicted. Other than its appearance on thatmap, I have no other knowledge of this settlement. Thatt particular area is today a part of the Withlacoochee State Forest Wildlife Area.