The Evinston community store and post office, originally a warehouse, was built of heart pine in 1884 by W.P. Shettleworth and was later bought by Joseph Wolfenden, who first operated it as a store. The post office, established in 1882, was later moved into the building, which stands 100 feet south of its original location after being moved in 1956 because of road paving. Across from the railroad depot, it served as a meeting place and passed through numerous owners through the turn of the century. In 1909 H.D. Wood and Robert Evins bought the store, and the later partnership of Wood and Swink in 1934 is still indicated on the storefront. Fred Wood became postmaster of Evinston in 1934 and served for 44 years, longer than any other postmaster in Florida. Still containing original post office boxes and equipment, it is one of the few remaining country store-post offices, and in 1977 the country store was used as a set for the movie adaptation of Marjorie Rawlings' short story Gal Young'un. The community of Evinston, Florida, on the Alachua-Marion County border, is part of the Spanish Arredondo Grant of 1817. Arredondo granted this land to N. Brush, who later sold two sections to the Evins family of South Carolina. Captain W. D. Evins had large landholdings west of Orange Lake and gave the right of way for the narrow gauge Florida Southern Railroad in 1882. The station was named Evinston and the depot was built in 1884, when the present country store and post office were established. The community once included two other stores, a schoolhouse, three churches, a blacksmith shop, two packing houses, and a grist mill. The area was known for orange groves until freezes in the 1890s, after which agricultural crops and cattle continued and still continue to be raised there. In 1956 the depot was moved and the railroad discontinued passenger service, while freight service continued until the tracks were removed in 1982. The community park was established in 1909 by J.L. Wolfenden, W.P. Shettleworth, and F.B. Hester and continues to serve residents, many of whom are direct descendants of the original families.