Most of Haverhill was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Below: maps from 1946 on and the census since 1960.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Haverhill is among the newest of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
D−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Haverhill’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 Haverhill’s 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 any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would still be D−. The pre-1940 share (±1.7 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: the first census (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 →
What stands out about Haverhill’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
During the 1940s, the town's first permanent residents began building their homes when it was still a rural, South Florida flatwood pineland interspersed within the wetlands of the Everglades. By 1949, approximately 50 families living in the area began an effort to incorporate it into a town. The town was named after Haverhill, Massachusetts (which took its name from the English market town in Haverhill, Suffolk), because many of the first settlers were originally from that same town in Massachusetts. A vote on the motion to incorporate occurred on May 11, 1950. A total 59 out of 65 registered voters in Haverhill attended, who voted 42–17 in favor of incorporation. Ray Cox became the first mayor; other officers included Mrs. Fred Raulerson as town clerk, Tom Steele as town marshal, and Don Boyd, Henry Franklin, Paul Huffman, Myron V. Kelly, and A. J. Ward as town council members. The fi…
The Haverhill post office opened in 1960, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Haverhill rank for history?
Haverhill is among the newest of U.S. towns. 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 Haverhill?
0.0% of Haverhill’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.7 points), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 1984.
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 Wikipedia, 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.
