Fort McCoy is an unincorporated community in Marion County

Marion County, Florida

Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. The U.S. Census Bureau 2006 estimate for the county is 316,183. Its county seat is Ocala....

, Florida

Florida

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, United States

United States

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. It is situated northeast of Ocala

Ocala, Florida

Ocala is a city in Marion County, Florida. As of 2007, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 53,491. It is the county seat of Marion County, and the principal city of the Ocala, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated 2007 population of 324,857.-History:Ocala...

 and lies between the towns of Sparr

Sparr, Florida

Sparr is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Florida, United States. It is located near the intersection of County Road 200A and County Road 329. The community is part of the Ocala Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

 and Eureka on County Road 316 and is directly north of Silver Springs

Silver Springs, Florida

Silver Springs is a U.S. populated place and spring in Marion County, Florida, just to the east of the city of Ocala. It is part of the Ocala Metropolitan Statistical Area....

 on County Road 315. The community is part of the Ocala Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

Fort McCoy is located at 29°21′52"N 81°57′59"W .

The community is located west of the Ocala National Forest

Ocala National Forest

The Ocala National Forest is the second largest National Forest in the U.S. state of Florida and covers approximately of Central Florida. It is located three miles east of Ocala and southeast of Gainesville...

.

History

Fort McCoy was a fort built during the Seminole Wars

Seminole Wars

The Seminole Wars, also known as the Florida Wars, were three conflicts in Florida between the Seminole — the collective name given to the amalgamation of various groups of native Americans and Black people who settled in Florida in the early 18th century — and the United States Army...

. It included brick structures, some evidence of which could still be seen in the 1940s. It may have also been a fort or way station

Way station

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 on the King's Highway

King's Highway (St. Augustine to Mexico)

King's Highway was a route the Spanish laid in 1632, in part using traditional trails of Native Americans. They used it in the 17th century to connect the Spanish settlement of St. Augustine, Florida to Spanish colonies in Mexico. Initially the route ran from St. Augustine west through central...

. It was also a station on the Ocala Northern Railroad and served as the location for a large sawmill

Sawmill

A sawmill is a facility where logs are cut into boards.-Sawmill process:A sawmill's basic operation is much like those of hundreds of years ago; a log enters on one end and dimensional lumber exits on the other end....

built by E.P. Rentz of the Rentz Lumber Company circa 1910.