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History · Garden Grove

Half of Garden Grove’s homes were built after 1998

Most of Garden Grove was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1998. Below: maps from 1954 on.

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What stands out about Garden Grove’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 Garden Grove are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Garden Grove’s history is told.

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The story so far

Garden Grove, in brief

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

Garden Grove (also known as Garden Grove Estates) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in the U.S. state of Florida, in central Hernando County. The ZIP Code for this community is 34604. As of the 2020 census, Garden Grove had a population of 776.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 674 to 776 (+15%).

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.

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On the map

Garden Grove on the map, 1954 to 1988

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

Garden Grove on the 1954 USGS mapGarden Grove on the 1988 USGS map1954Masaryktown 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 Garden Grove.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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Questions about Garden Grove’s history

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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 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.