# Walinwa

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Walinwa
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Walinwa.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walinwa
> Source revision: 1304088216
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Short description|Location in Florida, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Notability|Place|date=May 2024}}

'''Walinwa''' was a community by [Lake Weohyakapka](/source/Lake_Weohyakapka), [Florida](/source/Florida). The lake's name is translated as walk-in-water, and the settlement's name is a condensed form of those English words. [Turpentine](/source/Turpentine) was produced in the area.

In 1910, a [Seaboard Air Line Railroad](/source/Seaboard_Air_Line_Railroad) connection was built to the town.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MM2ph3S2V2cC&dq=walinwa+florida&pg=PA92|title=Seaboard Air Line Railway: Steam Boats, Locomotives, and History|first=Richard E.|last=Prince|date=20 July 2018|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0253336958|via=Google Books}}</ref> In 1918, the community was also served by the [Kissimmee River Railway](/source/Kissimmee_River_Railway), a steam rail line in [Polk County](/source/Polk_County%2C_Florida), [Florida](/source/Florida) stretching 7.26 miles from Walinwa to [Nalaca](/source/Nalaka%2C_Florida) in an area that developed with logging, sawmill, and turpentine industries. A Seaboard subsidiary it ran from Walinwa to Nalaca.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=fCYM5WaJH3UC&dq=walinwa+florida&pg=PA102 A Short History of Florida Railroads] page 102</ref> The rail line extended from the Seaboard branch line connecting [Plant City](/source/Plant_City) and Walinwa. It also served the logging and mill town of [Sumica](/source/Sumica) and the turpentine settlement of [Nalaka, Florida](/source/Nalaka%2C_Florida).

Kissimmee River Railway was incorporated December 3, 1917. It was operated by the [United States Railroad Administration](/source/United_States_Railroad_Administration). The turpentine town is mentioned glancingly in a historical marker for [SUMICA](/source/SUMICA).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMXC4E|title=Sumica - Florida Historical Markers on Waymarking.com|website=www.waymarking.com}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

Category:Unincorporated communities in Polk County, Florida
Category:Unincorporated communities in Florida
{{PolkCountyFL-geo-stub}}

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Walinwa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walinwa) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walinwa?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.