Codys Corner, Florida

Codys Corner is a populated place in Flagler County, Florida, United States.^[1]

Codys Corner, Florida Codyville, Cody's Corner
Unincorporated area
Northbound FL 11 at CR 304 at Codys Corner
Codys Corner Location in Flagler County and the state of Florida
Coordinates: 29°20′36″N 81°18′39″W
Country	United States
State	Florida
County	Flagler
Elevation	5 m (16 ft)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4

Geography

The community is at the intersection of Dupont Road and State Road 11 southwest of Bunnell in Flagler County, Florida.

Much of the area around Codys Corner is dedicated preserve land, including the Relay Tract Conservation Easements just east of the community.^[2]

History

Codys Corner was named in 1907 by Richard Cody, Sr., who was a local farmer.^[3] In the early days, Codys Corner was also known as Codyville^[4] and this is the name it appeared under during the 1932 US Geological Survey.^[5] During the 1920 census, just 2,444 people lived in Flagler County, and it was noted that settlement in the county was "densest...between the Dean Road, Codyville, and Lake Diston".^[6]

By the 1950s, Codys Corner, now established under that name, was noted for its irrigation wells, along with St. Johns Park and Bunnell. The Florida Geological Survey stated that most of the ground water pumped in the county came from artesian wells in these three areas.^[7]

There is a general store named Cody's Corner which has been in the area since the 1970s; this was originally a convenience store.^[8] In the 1990s, this store was noted by the Northwest Florida Daily News as the only store in Codys Corner.^[3]

In 1998, Codys Corner experienced severe wildfires, part of the 1998 Florida wildfires, forcing a mandatory evacuation. Some residents of the community refused to leave, unwilling or unable to leave their homes behind.^[3][9] By July, all residents of Flagler County were under a mandatory evacuation order.^[10]

The community experienced another natural disaster in 2004, when power lines and trees were downed during Hurricane Jeanne.^[11]

References

1. "Codys Corner". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. October 19, 1979. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
2. "North Florida Land Trust" (PDF). NFLR.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-08-15. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
3. "Farmers Not Likely to Leave the Only Home They've Known". Northwest Florida Daily News. Jul 4, 1998. p. 17. Archived from the original on 2021-08-13. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
4. "History of Flagler County". www.flaglersheriff.com. Archived from the original on 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
5. "Map of Flagler County, Florida, 1932". fcit.usf.edu. Archived from the original on 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
6. "A Phase I Remote-Sensing Archaeological Survey of Four Temporary Material Transfer Pipeline Corridors off Flagler Beach, Flagler County, Florida" (PDF). p. 51. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
7. Survey, Florida Geological (1957). "Information Circular - Florida Geological Survey". Florida Geological Survey. p. 20. Archived from the original on 2024-02-14. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
8. "Bunnell couple reopens Cody's Corner as general store | Palm Coast". Palm Coast Observer. 2019-01-31. Archived from the original on 2021-08-13. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
9. "Cody's Corner: Crossroads town ponders its fate". Pensacola News Journal. 1998-07-04. p. 3. Archived from the original on 2021-08-20. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
10. "20 years later: Palm Coast remembers the 1998 fires - Palm Coast". Palm Coast Observer. 2018-06-05. Archived from the original on 2021-08-15. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
11. Storm Data. Weather Bureau. 2004. p. 43. Archived from the original on 2024-02-14. Retrieved 2021-11-16.