Indiantown, Florida
| Indiantown, Florida | |
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| CDP | |
Modern Indiantown
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 Location in Martin County and the state of Florida |
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| Coordinates: 27°2′N 80°28′W / 27.033°N 80.467°WCoordinates: 27°2′N 80°28′W / 27.033°N 80.467°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 Florida
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| County | Martin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6 sq mi (15.5 km2) |
| • Land | 6 sq mi (15.5 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 6,083 |
| • Density | 931.3/sq mi (360.5/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 34956 |
| Area code(s) | 772 |
| FIPS code | 12-33700 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0294216 |
Indiantown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Martin County, Florida, United States. The population was 6,083 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Port St. Lucie Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Indiantown was originally established by the Seminole people as a trading post. It was then settled by white American migrants in the 1890s.
Old Indiantown Road - Within Timer Powers Park, you will find a historical marker sign that details Jupiter Indiantown Road as it existed from the 1900s until the late 1950s. Inscription from the sign: From 1900 until the late 1950s, the Jupiter Indiantown Road connected the communities of Jupiter and Indiantown, giving residents access to resources. Dade County governed the area in 1899, when the new road was cut. In Indiantown about that time, brothers Joe and Dessie Bowers developed citrus groves and ran a trading post exchanging goods for hides with the Seminoles. Transportation of goods on the 16-mile road took two days by oxcart. The road was improved in 1912 using mules to haul shell rock from Jupiter. Around 1916 the St. Lucie Canal intersected the road near Indiantown. A hand winched ferry provided cross passage until a one-lane turning bridge was built in 1927. Homesteads, cattle ranches, and later the Davis and Jenkins sawmill were established along the road. Also known as the Jupiter Grade Road, the Jupiter Okeechobee Road and the Central Dixie Highway, in 1936 it became State Road 29. By the late 1950s nearby paved highways replaced the historic dirt road. In 1993 the road was declared a Scenic By-Way by Martin and Palm Beach Counties. (Erected: F-581 "A Florida Heritage Site Sponsored by the Martin County Board of County Commissioners and the Florida Department of State" 2006)
In 1924, Indiantown was transformed when S. Davies Warfield built an extension of the Seaboard Air Line Railway from Coleman, Florida to West Palm Beach, passing directly through—and stopping in—Indiantown.
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