Half of Combee Settlement’s homes were built after 1974
More historic than 15% of U.S. towns · #285 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
Most of Combee Settlement was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1974. Below: maps from 1944 on and the census since 1960.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Combee Settlement is more historic than 15% of U.S. towns, #285 of 638 in Florida. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Combee Settlement’s 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 Combee Settlement’s 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 two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.1 points).
Founding year: our sources. 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 Combee Settlement’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Hamlets and corners on the map
2505 Tanglewood Street Mobile Home ParkBig Oak Park Mobile Home ParkBlack Bear Mobile Home ParkBrookwood Mobile Home ParkGifford Mobile Home ParkLee and Dots Mobile Home ParkPeachtree Mobile Home ParkPenny Royal Court Mobile Home ParkRawls ParkSandford's Mobile Home ParkSerene Court Mobile Home ParkTanglewood Village Adult Mobile Home ParkWarnke Mobile Home ParkWoodland Oaks Mobile Home Park
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Combee Settlement, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Combee Settlement yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Combee Settlement is a census-designated place and unincorporated area in Polk County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Combee Settlement had a population of 5,911. It is part of the Lakeland–Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area. The area includes the separate unincorporated community of Country Club Estates.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 5,577 to 5,911 (+6%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Combee Settlement. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1944Lakeland 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 Combee Settlement.
People over time
Combee Settlement, census by census
Grew from 2,697 people in 1960 to 5,911 in 2020.
7 censuses, 1960–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Combee Settlement’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
Famous people close to Combee Settlement
Nobody well known was born in Combee Settlement itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Combee Settlement is more historic than 15% of U.S. towns, #285 of 638 in Florida. 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 Combee Settlement?
3% of Combee Settlement’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.1 points), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 1974.
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 (9), 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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