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History · Horizon West

Half of Horizon West’s homes were built after 2014

More historic than 8% of U.S. towns · #425 of 638 in Florida. What drives it

Most of Horizon West was built recently: 0.1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2014. Below: maps from 1953 on.

0on the National Register
0.1%homes built before 1940
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About Horizon West’s history

How historic is Horizon West?

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More historic than 8% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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History grade

What drives Horizon West’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Horizon West is more historic than 8% of U.S. towns, #425 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 Horizon West’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 19400.1% of homes (±0.1) · typical FL town 0.6% · U.S. 8.4%DNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical FL town 0.0 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 8%
NewerOlder
Florida towns of 2,500+ (638)Ahead of 33%

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 Horizon West’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 two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±0.1 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 Horizon West’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 Horizon West 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 Horizon West’s history is told.

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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

Horizon West, in brief

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

Horizon West is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated area in Orange County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 58,101 at the 2020 census. Horizon West is a master-planned community consisting of a central town center, and five designated mixed-use villages: Bridgewater, Lakeside Village, Hickory Nut, Ovation Village, and Seidel Village, all set within a network of greenbelts. The concept was adopted in 1995 by Orange County. As of 2017, Horizon West can be considered one of the fast growing master-planned communities nationwide. As an unincorporated area, Horizon West mailing addresses …

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 14,000 to 58,101 (+315%).

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

Horizon West on the map, 1953 to 1980

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

Horizon West on the 1953 USGS mapHorizon West on the 1970 USGS mapHorizon West on the 1980 USGS map1953Windermere 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 Horizon West.

Famous people

Famous people close to Horizon West

Nobody well known was born in Horizon West itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Dee Strange-GordonAmerican baseball player · b. 1988
Jeff DempsAmerican football player and sprinter · b. 1990
Peter HootenAmerican actor and producer · b. 1950
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Kendrick PerryAmerican basketball player · b. 1992
Jacob BrighamAmerican baseball player · b. 1988
Shane GreeneAmerican professional baseball pitcher · b. 1988
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
Tilden Groves Airportairport

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.

Bay LakeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWinter Garden3 historic placesC+Four CornersIts storyDLake ButlerIts storyD

Questions about Horizon West’s history

How does Horizon West rank for history?

Horizon West is more historic than 8% of U.S. towns, #425 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 Horizon West?

0.1% of Horizon West’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 2014.

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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).

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.