More historic than 3% of U.S. towns · #581 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
Most of Fish Hawk was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2009. Below: maps from 1955 on and the census since 2000.
The Fish Hawk post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Fishhawk (1902), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 1,991 in 20002020 census: 24,625124 years
How historic is Fish Hawk?
D−
More historic than 3% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Fish Hawk post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Fish Hawk’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Fish Hawk is more historic than 3% of U.S. towns, #581 of 638 in Florida. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
D−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Fish Hawk’s overall grade.
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 Fish Hawk’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 D. The pre-1940 share (±0.3 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 Fish Hawk’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
FishHawk Trails and FishHawk Ranch formerly operated as a ranch; these two subdivisions were built by two different companies in the 1990s.
Before these subdivisions were constructed, FishHawk Trails was a wooded location through which a CSX Transportation rail track path passed. The rail tracks were removed in the late 1980s. There was once a train station in the FishHawk area that was the main import/export area of supplies, mail, and food for Lithia residents.
The Fish Hawk post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Fish Hawk rank for history?
Fish Hawk is more historic than 3% of U.S. towns, #581 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 Fish Hawk?
0.0% of Fish Hawk’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 2009.
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 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.
