Florida Historical Marker Details
THE TOWN OF GREENVILLE (frontier sandy ford)
City: Greenville
County: Madison
Year: 1971
Location: one block south of U.S. 90 in front of Baptist Chu
Begun as Sandy Ford, 1850, Samuel Williams was the first postmaster in 1854. Called Station 5 on the Pensacola-Georgia R.R., the name Greenville, for Greenville, S.C., came in the 1860's. Elijah Hays helped its expansion after 1876. Incorporated in 1907, W.D. Griffin was the first mayor. An orange producing center prior to 1895, its chief supports now are timber, cattle, and flue-cured tobacco.