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At the time of the Second Seminole War in 1837, the camp of Seminole Chief King Philip and his son Coacoochee, or Wildcat, The Geneva area was called King Philipstown by
the army.
In 1916-18, the Osceola Cypress Co., a timber company from around Cedar Key, formed a new company and moved into this strategic St. Johns area. They erected their
own self-sufficient mill town to house 200 people, which they called Osceola, an Indian name.
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The Osceola - King Phillips town, which according to the County Commissioners in 1926 was the principal commercial industrial community of Seminole County, has supported
saw mill activity, citrus growing, a Coca-Cola bottling plant, turpentine manufacturing, cattle raising and commercial fishing.
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