Zephyrhills in Pasco County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Hercules Powder Company Camp #39

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, December 27, 2015

1. Hercules Powder Company Camp #39 Marker

Inscription. The Hercules Powder Company Camp No. 39 was established on this site in September 1946. It was an eighty acre tract with sixty to seventy company built pre-fabricated homes rented to employees for four dollars per room per month; some employees lived off site. Once the largest employer in Zephyrhills, with 150 people at any time, there was a commissary and a baseball team.

Farmers and ranchers within a thirty-five mile radius contracted with Hercules to remove pine stumps, which were then shipped by rail to Brunswick, Georgia. There they were processed into naval stores, mainly rosin, turpentine, and pine oil, as well as byproducts used in paper, paints, varnishes, adhesives, asphalt emulsions, gun powder, and dynamite.

Hercules Incorporated is based in Wilmington, Delaware and operated in the Zephyrhills area for nearly forty years. This county park and nearby Zephyrhills High School and Woodland Elementary School were built on the Hercules Powder Company Camp No. 39 site.

Erected 2008 by Pasco County Board of County Commissioners and Pasco County Historical Preservation Committee and Hercules Incorporated.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1946.

Location.

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Marker has been reported missing. It was located near 28° 15.034′ N, 82° 11.193′ W. Marker was in Zephyrhills, Florida, in Pasco County. It could be reached from County Road 54 0.2 miles east of Gall Boulevard (U.S. 301), on the right when traveling east. This marker is located in the closed Hercules Park as of 12-27-15. Park may reopen at a later time. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 38110 CR 54, Zephyrhills FL 33542, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was on Florida’s Gulf Coast

and on Tampa Bay.

It was also in the American South

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (approx. one mile away); Oakside Cemetery (approx. one mile away); GAR Hall (approx. 1.1 miles away); Veterans Park (approx. 1.6 miles away); Aaron W. Guynn (approx. 1.6 miles away); Zephyrhills Depot (approx. 1.8 miles away); Zephyrhills Railroad Depot (approx. 1.8 miles away); A Harsh Green Desert (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Zephyrhills.

Another marker is no longer nearby. The Great Endurance Run (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, December 27, 2015

2. Hercules Powder Company Camp #39 Marker

In overgrown area of park.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 12, 2016, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 3,178 times since then and 87 times this year. Last updated on January 15, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 12, 2016, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.