WAUCHULA FLORIDA 2021|DOWNTOWN & ORANGE GROVES

Wauchula is a city in Hardee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 5,001. It is the county seat of Hardee County.
Wauchula has been called the "cucumber capital of the world", although citrus has become a more important agricultural crop over the past few decades. Watch until the end to see me almost get stuck in orang groves!
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[@ronniebartley9515]

Thanks bro needed that one. 👏👏👏

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[@KoryGilesYT]

I was born in nearby Arcadia, and I live in Tampa now, but Wauchula is and always will be my hometown. Also, the big two story house at 3:01 is the Robarts funeral home, and is owned by a family friend. It is one of the oldest buildings in the city (town?), built in 1906. My father’s funeral was held there, even though he was an Indiana man. The foreign architecture looking building across the street from it was once a hospital, and even though it’s not in the best shape now, is now being used as living quarters for immigrants. The huge two-story brick building starting at 2:12 is (or was) the Florida Hotel. Many celebrities once stayed there, and it’s now a bunch of shops and services, and doubles as a huge storage unit (the whole second floor is now apparently used for storage). I wouldn’t say much of downtown is abandoned, my mother (who was born in Wauchula) says that most of the buildings are still leased out for storage. Some are vacant, but not quite abandoned. Maybe one or two buildings, but the bulk of downtown buildings are still being used somehow, even though they haven’t been used for their original purposes in decades probably.

[@sighberscamp1]

​@@KoryGilesYTthank you for the additional info. I absolutely LOVE the history of Florida towns, and Wachula holds a soft spot in my heart because Gramma and Grandpa were both born and raised there on high farms. They ended up in Ohio, where I was born. But I never felt like I was where I needed to be until moving to Florida in 1978. And even then, it wasn't right because the New Port Richey area is mostly transplants from the north. When my late husband and I bought a place on 5 acres in Bell ( Gilchrist County, north Florida) I finally felt like I was at home. This area is true Florida, unencumbered by many newcomers or the rat race of city life. It's slow, easy, and peaceful here, and I absolutely love it.

[@elviapatricialopezreyes4476]

Omg thanks for sharing i miss you wauchula i used to live there since i was 6 years old i now live in mexico dont have papers son i cant go back it brought so many memories it made me cry 😔😔

[@sighberscamp1]

My Grandmother grew up on a hog farm in Wachula. I always wanted to take a drive over there, but it's a couple hours from me. So thank you so much for fulfilling a bucket list dream for me. Now, I am an old Grandmother myself, with no car, and no way to get there. So thank you for taking me to the places of my roots. I subscribed, and can't wait to see where else you will take us. 😊😊

[@crowgsxr896]

My wife is from there. Very quiet place great people!! If want small town life this is the place. Great high school football program.. Go Wildcats!!

[@toneyhill3679]

I've never been to Florida but my mother was born in wachula

[@FollowThomas]

Looks like s cool place to visit. 👍🙂

[@crayolascents]

Used to live in that town. Thanks for driving through it.

[@JB-xv1ig]

Wauchula native all my life .. thx for the video. But your right life here has been about exciting as the drive you experienced thru it. Alot of farming, ranching and mining. A state prison. Great people here. Hospitable to everyone (if you don't go around breaking the law.) Old school social setting still exists here. Thx again

[@floridatravelvlogs5368]

Glad you enjoyed brother

[@gdaddy703]

We lived there when we were kids. My daddy was the manager of the A&P food store in the early 70's.

[@KoryGilesYT]

We have plenty of restaurants. In fact, we just got our own Beef O’ Brady’s. The building it’s in has actually changed hands many times. Here’s the track record as best as I can remember: - Burger King (where both my mother and one of my teachers once worked) - Golden Corral (owned by a local family) - Some place selling burgers and pizza - A Chinese buffet - A steakhouse - Another steakhouse (where a childhood friend of mine was actually employed) Yeah, there’s probably more, but the building’s been there so long, I couldn’t memorize it all. My favorite restaurant is the Panda, another Chinese buffet - it just feels like home. It is a huge part of my life. It doesn’t have the quality or selection of larger city Chinese buffets, but it is a great place to get stuffed! Over the course of a decade, we’ve had two Taco Bells. The first one they had to shut down because they were selling drugs there. The second one opened maybe a year ago - it’s quite new. There are also Mexican (authentic, that is) restaurants everywhere, given our huge Hispanic population- you may have driven past a few, in fact. We also have an Italian restaurant, several home style restaurants, and many fast food places.

[@mthompson4427]

Burger King was never in that building. It was built and still is located across south bound Hwy 17 and just to the north a few yards of where the Beef O'Brady's is now. The building Beef's is in was built as a Golden Corral. I don't remember the "some place selling burger and pizza" The best I can remember the Golden Corral was built mid 1980's.

[@KoryGilesYT]

@@mthompson4427 You’re right, I must have gotten confused. Thanks for the information, though! Have a good day.

[@dennysisk6260]

Thanks for sharing been a long time since I've seen the town of Wauchula makes me feel homesick seeing the laundromat on the left brought back memories of being a kid my mom doing laundry there.

[@floridatravelvlogs5368]

The nostalgia huh . Glad you enjoyed

[@TruckEnthusiastYT]

I came here because I just drove through it tonight

[@BrendaD72]

Lived there almost 10 years. Miss the heck out of it.

[@jennarowland8806]

My hometown! Orange groves are not as prevalent as they used to be there. My family have been orange growers in Hardee for many generations. Diseases and aphids have really hurt the industry, but they are still trying to overcome.

[@tomasbaer5933]

Yeah the downtown that one of the best pizza

[@mld4852]

Check out the old hospital history and the bee barn

[@danielsneider]

Grew up there, class of 2001

[@chapxzu2263]

i love there lol

[@chapxzu2263]

live *

[@rosavelasquez3949]

I was raised in wauchula

[@willbygosh4887]

Wauchula looks more affordable ,if you want to live a little off the beaten path,population growth is stagnant right now but it's bound to grow being next door to the fast growing Sarasota-Bradenton area.

[@BrendaD72]

Not even close. Rent and real estate there is ridiculous.

[@Hawkeyemedia340]

Heh I. Live in wachula

[@ciana24]

Im from there i live ther

[@floridatravelvlogs5368]

How you like it ?

[@LinksterSigns]

@Florida travel vlogs We like your videos and appreciate your efforts, especially your Plant City tour, which is how we found you since we are looking to move to that area from New Mexico. I moved to Florida from Indiana back in 1971... we leased a Supertest gas station in Sarasota before opening a new one in Brooksville. I have lived in all of the Gulf Coast counties from Sarasota to Citrus county with the exceptions of Pinellas and Manatee. It would be great to see video tours on your channel of a few of my favorite "Old Florida" small towns where I once lived: Inverness, Floral City, Hernando and my favorite old homestead place out on Withlapopka Island (stay on U.S. 41 North through Floral City just a few miles and you will see the Wishing Stone Tavern on your right (a night club where I once played bass in the hottest band in Citrus county back in 1973-74) and just a couple more miles beyond there you will see what is now a Circle K gas station/convenience store on your right where you make a right hand turn on E. Gobbler Drive which will take you out on Withlapopka Island. It will wind around through the island and turn into Trails End road... eventually you will end up at a "T" on Florida highway 48 where if you turn left you go to Bushnell over in Sumter county and if you turn right you will go back to Floral City and drive through a tunnel of Live Oak trees draped with Spanish Moss... that ride alone is worth the day ride there for the video of it. Once in Floral City you can make a right-hand turn on "S. Old Floral City Road" .. a very scenic drive that takes you back to E. Gobbler Drive behind the Circle K store along the side of the Withlacoochee State Trail on you left, a winding 46-mile multi-use paved trail through the countryside. If you make a left turn at the stop sign you will find yourself back at U.S. 41 where you began your trip out to Withlapopka Island. From there turn right and head into Inverness where Elvis made the movie "Follow That Dream" the final scene which was filmed at the court house. Historic Hernando is just a few miles north of Inverness on U.S. 41. Lastly, I would support your channel whenever I could (we are retired and on fixed incomes) but we do not use Pay Pal... perhaps you might consider other methods viewers might support you such as a P.O. Box or one of the other electronic payment methods. Either way, keep up the great work you are doing. Dang! I forgot to ask,,, we are looking to move to Zephyrhills north of Plant City, that would be great to see a tour of and one worthy of the trip, especially any of the many mobile home communities that are there that you might have access to along the way.

[@floridatravelvlogs5368]

LinksterSigns wow that was a lot to read! I’m glad my videos were helpful to you . Plant city is a nice area for sure . I will look into those places you mentioned and will be making videos on them sometime in the future, stay tuned ! I will also look into adding more ways to donate to the channel ! Thanks for watching and I will look into doing a zephyr hills video soon !

[@LinksterSigns]

​@@floridatravelvlogs5368... If you thought that was a lot to read I can attest to that because I got tired myself from proof reading it. ;) We'll be watching your vids as usual and will be looking forward to seeing Zephyrhills in the future.

[@floridatravelvlogs5368]

LinksterSigns I will make sure to record that soon look forward to it within the next month or so ! Thanks for watching !

[@alisiaelledge5800]

I have family there all stomping grounds