Florida City’s post office opened in 1914, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
More historic than 20% of U.S. towns · #233 of 638 in Florida State. What drives it
Most of Florida City was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1990. Its Register listing is the Florida Pioneer Museum. Below: 5 old photos and papers, maps from 1950 on, and the census since 1920.
Founding year: the first Florida City post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Florida City’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Florida City is more historic than 20% of U.S. towns, #233 of 638 in Florida State. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Florida City’s overall grade.
Few Florida State towns list much on the Register (a typical Florida State town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Florida City’s 0.8 sits above most of its state (71% of Florida State towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% 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 (±2.1 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 →
The story so far
Florida City, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Florida City yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Florida City is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It is the southernmost municipality in the South Florida metropolitan area. Florida City is primarily a Miami suburb and a major agricultural area. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 13,085, up from 11,245 in 2010. The city lies to the south and west of, and is contiguous with, Homestead. Both cities suffered catastrophic damage in August 1992 when Hurricane Andrew struck South Florida. The city originated as a land promotion named "Detroit". There were no buildings in the area when the first thirty families arrived in 1910, and they had to stay in Homestead until their houses could be built. The name was change…
Its first post office opened in 1914. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 11,245 to 13,085 (+16%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Florida City, 1894 to 1983
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
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.
The Florida City post office opened in 1914, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Florida City rank for history?
Florida City is more historic than 20% of U.S. towns, #233 of 638 in Florida State. 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.
What is on the National Register in Florida City?
One place: the Florida Pioneer Museum (listed 1973).
How old are the homes in Florida City?
2% of Florida City’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.1 points), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida State town; the median home was built in 1990.
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), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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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