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History · Floridatown

Floridatown’s post office opened in 1914

Most of Floridatown was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1994. Below: maps from 1920 on.

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How Floridatown began

When was Floridatown founded?

1914

The Floridatown post office opened in 1914, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 319112 years
Founding year: the first Floridatown post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Floridatown’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 Floridatown are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19205 editions of the USGS map, 1920 to 1994. Watch Floridatown change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Floridatown’s history is told.

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On the map

Floridatown on the map, 1920 to 1994

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

Floridatown on the 1920 USGS mapFloridatown on the 1944 USGS mapFloridatown on the 1978 USGS mapFloridatown on the 1987 USGS mapFloridatown on the 1994 USGS map1920Milton sheet · 1:62,500

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

The story so far

Floridatown, in brief

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

Floridatown is a census-designated place located in Santa Rosa County, Florida. It is now considered to be a neighborhood within Pace. The population was 319 at the 2020 census, up from 244 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Pensacola—Ferry Pass—Brent, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1914. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 244 to 319 (+31%).

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

Timeline

Floridatown, 1914 to 1944

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1914Post officeThe Floridatown post office opens
  3. 1920On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1944Post officeThe Floridatown post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Floridatown had its own post office from 1914 to 1944.

Floridatown
1914–1944
19101970today

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.

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Questions about Floridatown’s history

What year was Floridatown founded?

The Floridatown post office opened in 1914, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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

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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 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.