Most of Belleair Bluffs was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1972. Below: maps from 1943 on and the census since 1970.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Belleair Bluffs is more historic than 8% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Belleair Bluffs’ overall grade.
Few Florida towns list much on the Register (a typical Florida town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Belleair Bluffs’ 0.0 sits below most of its state (33% of Florida towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to C−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.5 points). Two sources give 1963.
Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Belleair Bluffs’ past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Belleair Bluffs yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Belleair Bluffs is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area, more commonly known as the Tampa Bay Area. The City of Belleair Bluffs was officially incorporated as a municipality on March 4, 1963. The population was 2,311 at the 2020 census.
Belleair Bluffs was established in 1963. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,031 to 2,311 (+14%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Belleair Bluffs. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1943Clearwater sheet · 1:24,000
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Belleair Bluffs.
People over time
Belleair Bluffs, census by census
Between 1,910 and 2,522 people in every census since 1970.
6 censuses, 1970–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Belleair Bluffs’ Wikipedia page.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1963, according to Wikidata. the census of 1970 counted 1,910 people here.
How does Belleair Bluffs rank for history?
Belleair Bluffs is more historic than 8% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Belleair Bluffs?
3% of Belleair Bluffs’ homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.5 points), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 1972.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (11), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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