Gabriella was a small farming community located between the towns of Jamestown and Goldenrod, on modern day state road 426. The community contained a post office, a general store, and a one room school house, none of which remain today. The residents of Gabriella were primarily producers of turpentine and oranges. The Osceola and Lake Jesup Railroad ran nearby and became an informal stop for train conductors, who allowed their passengers to disembark and pick wildflowers and oranges. In the 1890s an annual agricultural fair was held in the local fruit packing house every February. In 1926, many South Florida farmers moved to Gabriella to escape the devastation from the hurricane that occurred that year. The community was eventually incorporated into neighboring cities, and urban development replaced the farms. Even though many of them no longer exist, communities such as Gabriella serve as reminders of the agrarian past of Central Florida.