Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 28% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Most of East Palatka was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1980. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1915 on, and the census since 1990.
The East Palatka post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name.
More historic than 28% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, East Palatka is more historic than 28% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull 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 East Palatka’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.
Founding year: the first post office (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 East Palatka’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of East Palatka. 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 East Palatka.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of East Palatka yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Its first post office opened in 1892. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,654 to 1,573 (-5%).
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
One decade in the archive so far: the 1980s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
2020East Palatka Intersection
2019Sign at Palatka State Farmer's Market;
2019Scale at Palatka State Farmer's Market;
20192nd EB FL 207 Sign;
2017River at Sunrise
2013Florida State Route 207
2013Florida State Route 207
2013Florida State Route 207
2011Ginn's Motor Court, on U.S. 17- One mile south of bri…
2004FLMap-doton-EastPalatka
2003Road photo from August 10, 2003 388No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on East Palatka’s page.
Retake this view · +15Between 1,573 and 1,989 people in every census since 1990.
4 censuses, 1990–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on East Palatka’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in East Palatka itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
East Palatka’s post office has been open since 1892.
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.
The East Palatka post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
East Palatka is more historic than 28% 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.
9% of East Palatka’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±13.7 points), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 1980.
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 (12), 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.
