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More historic than 27% of U.S. towns · #189 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
Most of Dundee was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1996. Its Register listing is the Dundee ACL Railroad Depot, Old. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1970 on, and the census since 1930.
Dundee dates its founding to 1911 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1930.
More historic than 27% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Dundee is more historic than 27% of U.S. towns, #189 of 638 in Florida. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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 Dundee’s 1.7 sits above most of its state (75% of Florida towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: Wikipedia (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 →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dundee’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Dundee.
A post office called Dundee has been in operation since 1912. The town was named after Dundee, in Scotland. Dundee was first settled in 1911, and incorporated as a town in 1925. On April 2, 2024, the town held a referendum on whether it should adopt city status. 68% voted for Dundee to remain a town, compared to 32% voting in favour of being a city.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
In the archiveFlorida [Hamilton County - Sarasota County (part)]
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
In the archiveRobert Blackwelder playing the fiddle2 decades in the archive, from the 1940s to the 1970s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Dundee. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Dundee.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
![Florida [Hamilton County - Sarasota County (part)]](https://images.townratings.com/story/2345/90694ff5425d3301e4b9-l.jpg)
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Dundee’s page.
Retake this view · +15The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Grew from 615 people in 1930 to 5,235 in 2020, 8 times over.
10 censuses, 1930–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Dundee’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Dundee itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Dundee’s post office has been open since 1912.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1911, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Dundee’s post office opened in 1912, and the census of 1930 counted 615 people here.
Dundee is more historic than 27% of U.S. towns, #189 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.
One place: the Dundee ACL Railroad Depot, Old (listed 2001).
5% of Dundee’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.7 points), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 1996.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (1), Wikipedia, 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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