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Monday, January 1, 2001
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Sellars Lake, FL
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Sellars Lake, FL, in Lake County
was a town. Post office established 3/10/1886.
Town dissolved 7/311922
In 1918, population of 30 (Florida Gazeteer)
Currently a lake 25 miles north of Tavares, 20 miles north of Eustis,
just southwest of Astor Park
Source: Florida Collection at State Library of Florida (1990)
Named for the Sellers family who established it around 1848-1849.
Source: Places in the sun, the history and the romance of Florida place-names
by Bertha E. Bloodworth and Alton C. Morris R 975.9 Blo (Ready Reference)
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