[cquick]

I am wondering where The Villages developer came up with the name for Bonifay Country Club. Some of the country clubs have some relevance to the village they are located in.....some I don't understand....such as Bonifay and Cane Gardens.

Anybody else got interesting questions...or answers?

[English Ivy]

Bonifay is the name of a town in the panhandle of Florida. It appears that many of the names being used in districts 9 and 10 have something to do with Florida. For example, there is Sanibel Island and Captiva Island and Fernandina Beach, all in Florida. I'm assuming that is the connection.

Don't know about Cane Garden, but I'm sure it has a meaning. They don't pull anything out of a hat around here.

[perrjojo]

Originally Posted by cquick

I am wondering where The Villages developer came up with the name for Bonifay Country Club. Some of the country clubs have some relevance to the village they are located in.....some I don't understand....such as Bonifay and Cane Gardens.

Anybody else got interesting questions...or answers?

Bonifay is a small Florida town just north of Panama City. Pop 2793

[logdog]

Originally Posted by perrjojo

Bonifay is a small Florida town just north of Panama City. Pop 2793

And three 9's at Bonifay (Fort Walton Beach, Destin and Pensacola) are Florida Panhandle cities west of Panama City.

[looneycat]

Originally Posted by cquick

I am wondering where The Villages developer came up with the name for Bonifay Country Club. Some of the country clubs have some relevance to the village they are located in.....some I don't understand....such as Bonifay and Cane Gardens.

Anybody else got interesting questions...or answers?

whew! for a second there it sounded like a sequel to I am curious, yellow.

[cquick]

thanks for the answers......I should have simply looked it up on Google....I know that this part of The Villages seems to be named with Florida towns and counties....Pinellas, Hillsborough, Sarasota. Also towns....Bradenton for one.

I just wish I lived on a street that has a shorter, easier to spell name than Evesborough Path......I have to spell it to EVERYONE at least twice! Had to do that in Orlando when I lived on Islamorada Dr!

[Indydealmaker]

Originally Posted by cquick

thanks for the answers......I should have simply looked it up on Google....I know that this part of The Villages seems to be named with Florida towns and counties....Pinellas, Hillsborough, Sarasota. Also towns....Bradenton for one.

I just wish I lived on a street that has a shorter, easier to spell name than Evesborough Path......I have to spell it to EVERYONE at least twice! Had to do that in Orlando when I lived on Islamorada Dr!

I can't believe how often I have to spell out Boiling Springs Ct. for people. They all have a problem with "boiling".

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by cquick

thanks for the answers......I should have simply looked it up on Google....I know that this part of The Villages seems to be named with Florida towns and counties....Pinellas, Hillsborough, Sarasota. Also towns....Bradenton for one.

I just wish I lived on a street that has a shorter, easier to spell name than Evesborough Path......I have to spell it to EVERYONE at least twice! Had to do that in Orlando when I lived on Islamorada Dr!

You should try living on West Harbour Towne Circle, Muskegon, MI. The idiot pretentious street name must be spelled and stated as being two words, and NOBODY has ever heard of Muskegon, much less can spell it... And then we have a Z in our last name, which nobody understands over the phone. Sigh.

In my next life I want to come back as Pat Smith on Main St, New York.

[shcisamax]

Originally Posted by CFrance

You should try living on West Harbour Towne Circle, Muskegon, MI. The idiot pretentious street name must be spelled and stated as being two words, and NOBODY has ever heard of Muskegon, much less can spell it... And then we have a Z in our last name, which nobody understands over the phone. Sigh.

In my next life I want to come back as Pat Smith on Main St, New York.

I couldn't agree more.

[renielarson]

Originally Posted by English Ivy

Bonifay is the name of a town in the panhandle of Florida. It appears that many of the names being used in districts 9 and 10 have something to do with Florida. For example, there is Sanibel Island and Captiva Island and Fernandina Beach, all in Florida. I'm assuming that is the connection.

Don't know about Cane Garden, but I'm sure it has a meaning. They don't pull anything out of a hat around here.

Could this be an explanation for Cane Garden? Maybe it's a favorite vacation spot for the Morse family?????
Cane Garden - Beautiful Rental Property on the Isle of Vieques, Puerto Rico

Or perhaps here?
Cane Garden Bay Cottages

[CFrance]

My guess would be the BVI. Cane Garden Bay is one of the most beautiful anchorages there for people chartering sailboats motoryachts and trawlers. With their connections to Torch
Lake and Lake Michigan, and their yacht and crew, it wouldn't surprise me if they've gone there.

Torch Lake and that northern part of Lake Michigan both have the most beautiful turquoise colored water, just like the Caribbean.

[jblum315]

Originally Posted by CFrance

You should try living on West Harbour Towne Circle, Muskegon, MI. The idiot pretentious street name must be spelled and stated as being two words, and NOBODY has ever heard of Muskegon, much less can spell it... And then we have a Z in our last name, which nobody understands over the phone. Sigh.

In my next life I want to come back as Pat Smith on Main St, New York.

Try Mamaroneck, NY. People look at it and they stutter, usually comes out MAM-A-ROW-NECK with the accent on the ROW. And nobody can spell it.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by jblum315

Try Mamaroneck, NY. People look at it and they stutter, usually comes out MAM-A-ROW-NECK with the accent on the ROW. And nobody can spell it.

I feel your pain...

[keithwand]

Originally Posted by CFrance

You should try living on West Harbour Towne Circle, Muskegon, MI. The idiot pretentious street name must be spelled and stated as being two words, and NOBODY has ever heard of Muskegon, much less can spell it... And then we have a Z in our last name, which nobody understands over the phone. Sigh.

In my next life I want to come back as Pat Smith on Main St, New York.

Muskegon?
We had lunch at Legs Inn in Cross Village. MI and talked with bikers with colors stating MMG.
Asked them what it stood for "Muskegon Motorcycle Gang".

[REDCART]

Originally Posted by jblum315

Try Mamaroneck, NY. People look at it and they stutter, usually comes out MAM-A-ROW-NECK with the accent on the ROW. And nobody can spell it.

I used Metro North to commute to NYC for thirty years, and I remember one morning sitting behind two very talkative ladies at 7:00 am in the morning. One was telling the other that she had spent Saturday visiting relatives in "Ma-Ma-Row-Neck" I've lived in Westchester all of my life and it took a few moments for my half-awake brain to realize that she was referring to Mamaroneck. I had never heard the Town of Mamaroneck butchered so badly.