1 of Fort Pierce North’s places is on the National Register
More historic than 35% of U.S. towns · #137 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
Its Register listing is the Casa Caprona. Most of Fort Pierce North was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: maps from 1949 on and the census since 1960.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Fort Pierce North is more historic than 35% of U.S. towns, #137 of 638 in Florida. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Fort Pierce North’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 Fort Pierce North’s 1.4 sits above most of its state (74% of Florida towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±1.8 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: our sources. 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 Fort Pierce North’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Colony Club Mobile Home ParkHarmony HeightsLakewood ParkParadise ParkSeminole Mobile ParkSunland GardensTall Pines Mobile Home CommunityWhispering Creek Village Mobile Home Park
1cemetery inside Fort Pierce North
Garden of Heavenly Rest
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Fort Pierce North, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fort Pierce North yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Fort Pierce North is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. Lucie County, Florida, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 6,904. It is part of the Port St. Lucie Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 6,474 to 6,904 (+7%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
By decade
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.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Fort Pierce North. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1949Fort Pierce 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 Fort Pierce North.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Fort Pierce North
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Fort Pierce North is more historic than 35% of U.S. towns, #137 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.
What is on the National Register in Fort Pierce North?
One place: the Casa Caprona (listed 1984).
How old are the homes in Fort Pierce North?
2% of Fort Pierce North’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.8 points), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 1976.
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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.
