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Upthegrove Beach, Florida

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Upthegrove Beach
Unincorporated community
Upthegrove Beach is located in Florida
Upthegrove Beach
Upthegrove Beach
Location within the state of Florida
Coordinates: 27°10′33″N 80°43′36″W / 27.17583°N 80.72667°W / 27.17583; -80.72667
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountyOkeechobee
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
34974

Upthegrove Beach is an unincorporated community in Okeechobee County, Florida, United States. It is located on US 441/US 98, on the northeastern shore of Lake Okeechobee.

History

Upthegrove Beach was named for the Upthegrove (originally Op Den Graeff) family, including Union Army Captain William Hendry Upthegrove and others. Robert Upthegrove, later one of the inaugural Okeechobee County commissioners, settled in the area circa 1912. His son, Clarence Dewitt Upthegrove (Dewitt), at one time worked for Thomas Edison in Fort Myers, and later owned a heavy equipment operation that helped build the Herbert Hoover Dike around Lake Okeechobee and was the Supervisor of Elections for Palm Beach County.[1] Another family member, Laura Upthegrove, also known as The Queen of the Everglades, was a member of the notorious Ashley Gang,[2] and was the subject of the 1973 movie Little Laura and Big John.

The Upthegroves descended from the German Op den Graeff family of Dutch origin.[3] They were direct descendants of Herman op den Graeff, mennonite leader of Krefeld, and his grandson Abraham op den Graeff, one of the founders of Germantown and in 1688 signer of the first protest against slavery in colonial America.

Geography

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References

  1. ^ Kleinberg, Elliot (September 3, 2015). "POST TIME: Upthegrove Beach named for family that saw prestige, shame". Palm Beach Post. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  2. ^ Robison, Jim (June 16, 2002). "Bank Robber, `Queen Of The Everglades' Lived A Life Of Violence". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  3. ^ Prof. William I. Hull: William Penn and the Dutch Quaker Migration to Pennsylvania (2018)
  4. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.

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