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Bethany, Florida
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 27°28′27″N 82°15′51″W / 27.47417°N 82.26417°W / 27.47417; -82.26417^[1]
Country	United States
State	Florida
County	Manatee
Elevation	66 ft (20 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	941
FIPS code	12-05850^[1]
GNIS feature ID	300018^[1]

Bethany is an unincorporated community in Manatee County, Florida, United States. The community was previously known as Riley.

History

Advertised as an “ideal and natural orange land,” a post office was established at what was then Riley on October 12, 1894. The community was named for one of its earliest property owners and first postmaster, William O’Riley.^[2] That same year, a church established by O'Riley was built in Riley and named Bethany Missionary Baptist Church. A school was also opened and was called Bethany School. By 1897, the Riley community was home to 14 households.^[3]

As the citrus industry in the area grew, new nearby communities such as Waterbury and Oak Knoll were developed. The Riley Post Office was discontinued on April 7, 1914, in favor of delivery at the newly established Oak Knoll post office.

After the post office closed and there was no official reason to refer to the area as Riley, it quickly became known by Bethany in reference to the community's school and church.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
^ "Appointment of Postmasters, 1832 - September 30, 1971". National Archives. August 15, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
^ "1897 General Directory of Manatee County page 80 and special ad". cdm16681.contentdm.oclc.org. Retrieved May 15, 2020.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Manatee County, Florida, United States
County seat: Bradenton
Cities	Anna Maria Bradenton Bradenton Beach Holmes Beach Palmetto
Town	Longboat Key‡
CDPs	Bayshore Gardens Cortez Ellenton Lakewood Ranch‡ Memphis Samoset South Bradenton West Bradenton West Samoset Whitfield
Unincorporated communities	Bethany Cedar Hammock Duette Edgeville Elwood Park Fort Hamer Foxleigh Gillette Lorraine Manhattan Manavista Memphis Heights Myakka City Oak Knoll Oneco Palm View Palma Sola Parmalee Parrish Perico Rubonia Rye Sandy Tallevast Tara Terra Ceia Verna‡ Waterbury
Ghost towns	Angola Willow
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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