Meadowbrook Ranches is an established rural subdivision in Anthony, an unincorporated community in Marion County north of Ocala. Third-party neighborhood records date the community to the mid 1960s, and homes here range across decades of construction on lots that run from about an acre to several acres (neighborhoods.com, 2026).
This is acreage country. Parcels carry A-1 agricultural zoning that allows horses and other farm animals, which is part of the draw in a county known nationally for its horse farms. Most of the subdivision has no mandatory HOA, so the freedom to use the land, and the responsibility for the well, the septic, and the home, sits with the owner.
The Meadowbrook Ranches name covers very different homes and parcels, so the money is made or lost on the lot, the acreage, the well and septic, and an honest read of the home condition, not the headline price. Two listings on the same street can carry very different land, systems, and zoning realities.
The pitch is rural privacy with Ocala access: large lots and horse-friendly zoning within a reasonable drive of Ocala, I-75, and the World Equestrian Center, with Gainesville to the north. The work is reading the parcel, confirming the zoning use you want, and budgeting the well, septic, and condition before you fall for a price.
