More historic than 9% of U.S. towns · #357 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
Most of Four Corners was built recently: 0.6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2005. Below: maps from 1959 on and the census since 2000.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Four Corners is more historic than 9% of U.S. towns, #357 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 Four Corners’ 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 Four Corners’ 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 two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±0.3 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 Four Corners’ past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Another post office, South Clermont, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
ChampionsGateCitrus RidgeReunionVista del Lago Mobile Home Park
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Four Corners, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Four Corners yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Four Corners is an unincorporated suburban area and census-designated place (CDP) in the U.S. state of Florida, located in the region around where Lake, Orange, Osceola, and Polk counties all meet together. Its population was 56,381 at the 2020 census, up from 26,116 at the 2010 census. The Lake, Orange, and Osceola County portions of Four Corners are part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Polk County portion is part of the Lakeland–Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area. Splendid China was a theme park in Four Corners. It opened in 1993, closed on December 31, 2003, and sat abandoned for 10 years after that. Splendid China Florida cost $…
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 26,116 to 56,381 (+116%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Four Corners, 1915 to 1959
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Four Corners is more historic than 9% of U.S. towns, #357 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 Four Corners?
0.6% of Four Corners’ homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 2005.
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 (3), 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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