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History · Eastpoint

Eastpoint’s post office opened in 1898

More historic than 15% of U.S. towns · #277 of 638 in Florida. What drives it

Most of Eastpoint was built recently: 0.6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1995. Below: 4 old photos and papers and maps from 1978 on.

1898first post office
0on the National Register
0.6%homes built before 1940
4old photos & papers
Add an old photoShare a memory
From Eastpoint’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Eastpoint began

When was Eastpoint founded?

1898

The Eastpoint post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 2,614128 years

How historic is Eastpoint?

C−

More historic than 15% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Eastpoint post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Eastpoint’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Eastpoint is more historic than 15% of U.S. towns, #277 of 638 in Florida. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Eastpoint’s overall grade.
Founding era1898, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19400.6% of homes (±0.9) · typical FL town 0.6% · U.S. 8.4%DNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical FL town 0.0 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 15%
NewerOlder
Florida towns of 2,500+ (638)Ahead of 57%

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 Eastpoint’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 any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C. The pre-1940 share (±0.9 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

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 →

What stands out about Eastpoint’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 4 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Eastpoint’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eastpoint’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
2 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewRoad to school: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Eastpoint, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Eastpoint yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Eastpoint is a census-designated place (CDP) in Franklin County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,614 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1898. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,337 to 2,614 (+12%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Eastpoint, 1898 to 1978

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898In the archiveRoad to school
  3. 1898Post officeThe Eastpoint post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1908In the archiveInterior of one-room school
  6. 1912In the archiveEastpoint's Pretenders
  7. 1978On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Eastpoint, decade by decade

3 decades in the archive, from the 1890s to the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1890s–1910s4 items
Road to schoolc. 1898Road to schoolSaying goodby to Iowa friendsc. 1898Saying goodby to Iowa friendsInterior of one-room school1908Interior of one-room schoolEastpoint's Pretendersc. 1912Eastpoint's Pretenders
1920s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Today8 recent
Eastpoint Memorial Cemetery2026Eastpoint Memorial CemeteryEB Patton Drive at US982026EB Patton Drive at US98New signal at US98 and FL300 in2025New signal at US98 and FL300 inFranklin CR65 bridge over Indian Creek2025Franklin CR65 bridge over Indian CreekFL300 northern terminus at US982025FL300 northern terminus at US98Eastpoint FL US 98 east022010Eastpoint FL US 98 east02Eastpoint FL US 98 east012010Eastpoint FL US 98 east01Eastpoint FL SR 300 US 98 intersection north012010Eastpoint FL SR 300 US 98 intersection north01
On the map

Eastpoint on the map, 1978 to 1982

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Eastpoint. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Eastpoint on the 1978 USGS mapEastpoint on the 1982 USGS map1978Carrabelle sheet · 1:100,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Eastpoint.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Road to school
Retake this viewRoad to school, c. 1898

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Eastpoint’s page.

Retake this view · +15
Famous people

Famous people close to Eastpoint

Nobody well known was born in Eastpoint itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

See all →
Buck O'NeilAmerican Hall of Fame baseball player & manager · b. 1911
John RobinsonAmerican aviator and activist · b. 1903
Mary Rogers GregoryAmerican artist · b. 1839
Calvin PryorAmerican football player · b. 1992
Richard ErvinAmerican politician · b. 1905
Roman QuinnAmerican baseball player · b. 1993
Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Eastpoint’s post office has been open since 1898.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Magnolia Bluffs
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Eastpoint
EastpointPorters Bar

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Eastpoint’s history

What year was Eastpoint founded?

The Eastpoint post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Eastpoint rank for history?

Eastpoint is more historic than 15% of U.S. towns, #277 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 Eastpoint?

0.6% of Eastpoint’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 1995.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

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, 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.