Davie dates to 1909, and 3 of its places are on the National Register
More historic than 20% of U.S. towns · #228 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
Most of Davie was built recently: 0.5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989. Its Register listings are the Lock No. 1, North New River Canal, the Davie School and the Davie Woman's Club. Below: 3 old photos and papers, maps from 1949 on, and the census since 1970.
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1914.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Davie’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Davie is more historic than 20% of U.S. towns, #228 of 638 in Florida. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Davie’s overall grade.
Among the 400 U.S. cities of 100,000 or more, Davie ranks #343 on History.
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 Davie’s 0.4 sits above most of its state (69% of Florida towns have fewer) while its 4 historic buildings outnumber those of 68% of U.S. towns.
Newer cities are common at Davie’s size: in the typical U.S. city of 100,000 or more, 5% of homes predate 1940.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to C. The pre-1940 share (±0.3 points) is firm at this size. Two sources give 1909.
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 Davie’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Davie had its own post office from 1914 to 1920.
Davie
1914–1920
19101970today
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1cemetery inside Davie
Westlawn Memorial Gardens
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Davie’s history is told.
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2 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Prior to European colonization, the Tequesta were the indigenous people of what is now Davie. A few campsites and graves have been found in Davie, the oldest dating back 5,000 to 7,000 years in Pine Island Ridge. After Spanish colonization, many of the Tequesta died and the remaining few either escaped to Havana with the Spanish when Florida became a British colony, or they assimilated into the newly arrived Seminoles in the late 18th century.
In 1909, according to Wikidata. Davie’s post office opened in 1914, and the census of 1970 counted 5,859 people here.
How does Davie rank for history?
Davie is more historic than 20% of U.S. towns, #228 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.
What is on the National Register in Davie?
Three places: the Lock No. 1, North New River Canal (listed 1978), the Davie School (1988) and the Davie Woman's Club (2016).
How old are the homes in Davie?
0.5% of Davie’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 1989.
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 (6), the National Register of Historic Places (3), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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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