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History · Espanola

Espanola’s post office opened in 1894, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Its Register listing is the Espanola Schoolhouse. Below: maps from 1957 on.

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How Espanola began

When was Espanola founded?

1894

The Espanola post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name.

132 years
Founding year: the first Espanola post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Espanola’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Espanola are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Espanola’s history is told.

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The story so far

Espanola, in brief

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

Espanola is an unincorporated community in Flagler County, Florida, United States. It is located at the intersection of Old Brick Road, County Road 13, and County Road 205. It is part of the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach, FL metropolitan statistical area.

Its first post office opened in 1894.

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

Timeline

Espanola, 1894 to 1957

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1894Post officeThe Espanola post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1955Post officeThe Espanola post office closes
  5. 1957On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Espanola, decade by decade

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On the map

Espanola on the map, 1957 to 1980

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

Espanola on the 1957 USGS mapEspanola on the 1970 USGS mapEspanola on the 1980 USGS map1957Espanola 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 Espanola.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Espanola

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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each building in a district counts
first listed
2020
Espanola Schoolhouse
Espanola Schoolhouse
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Espanola SchoolhouseBuilding · listed 2020

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Espanola

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

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Bob RossAmerican painter, art instructor, television ho… · b. 1942
Vince CarterAmerican basketball player · b. 1977
Joseph StilwellUnited States Army general · b. 1883
Eddie JohnsonAmerican soccer player · b. 1984
Michelle McCoolAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1980
Edmund Kirby SmithConfederate States Army general · b. 1824
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Espanola had its own post office from 1894 to 1955.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Palm Coast2 historic placesC−

Questions about Espanola’s history

What year was Espanola founded?

The Espanola post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Espanola?

One place: the Espanola Schoolhouse (listed 2020).

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.