1876 map showing Picolata and Tocoi along the St. johns River west.of St. Augustine

Tocoi is a former settlement along the St. Johns River in St. Johns County, Florida.

Tocoi was the site of a ferry landing and a local rail line to St. Augustine, Florida. The name is said to come from a Native American word for water lily. The Tocoi Creek in the area is a tributary of the St. Johns.[1] A commercial Spanish moss factory was in the area.[1]

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward's 1879 book Sealed Orders features Tocoi and its train station as a setting.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Belleville, Bill (September 1, 2001). River of Lakes: A Journey on Florida's St. Johns River. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820323442 via Google Books.
  2. Sealed Orders - Page 253

29°50′42″N 81°33′28″W / 29.84500°N 81.55778°W / 29.84500; -81.55778

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