Dorell Court was developed by and named for Dorothy and Ellis Knickerbocker. In 1969 a home on a 15 acre orange grove was purchased by the Knickerbockers. Circa 1976 half the property was sold. A portion of the remaining grove was subdivided into 11 lots approved for the building of duplexes. Construction of the duplexes roughly began in 1978 with eight homes finished by 1982 or so. Another duplex built in 2000. One more is going to be built in 2026. There is one vacant lot remaining.

Old age and freezes in the early 1980’s killed the orange trees. A handful of new trees planted in the early 2000’s were killed by the citrus “Greening” disease. Except for one or two scrawny sucker trees, the grove planted shortly after WW2 is gone.