Hopkins

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The former town of Hopkins, Florida was developed by George W. Hopkins after he formed the Union Cypress Company on the south side of Crane Creek in present-day Melbourne, Florida. This is where Hopkins contructed cypress and pine sawmills in the years between 1910 and 1915. Hopkins also purchased nearly 100,000 acres in southwestern Brevard county and Osceola county. Hopkins constructed the Union Cypress Railroad to transport timber from Deer Park in Osceola county to his mills south of Melbourne. The Hopkins operation became the company town of Hopkins, employing up to 500 men at its peak, complete with a company store, hospital, post office and FEC railroad depot.