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History · Hosford

Hosford’s post office opened in 1907, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Hosford was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986. Its Register listing is the Hosford School and Gymnasium.

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How Hosford began

When was Hosford founded?

1907

The Hosford post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 551119 years
Founding year: the first Hosford post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Hosford’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 Hosford 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 Hosford’s history is told.

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The story

How Hosford came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hosford.

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Hosford, Florida was originally known as Coe's Mill. It was founded in 1859 and was named for the Coe family. One member of the Coe family, Katherine, married Robert Flournoy Hosford. While Robert Flournoy Hosford worked in the Florida state senate, he helped to convince the railroad to come to Liberty County. In honor of his work in bringing the railroad to Liberty County, the town of Coe's Mill was changed to the town of Hosford.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Hosford, decade by decade

Today6 recent
AN Railway crossing on C Black Road2025AN Railway crossing on C Black RoadAN Railway crossing on Blue Creek Road2025AN Railway crossing on Blue Creek RoadAN Railway crossing emergency sign2025AN Railway crossing emergency signHosford, Florida Article2021Hosford, Florida ArticleHosford Lumber Company2021Hosford Lumber CompanyUntitled photo2018Untitled photo
On the National Register

1 historic place in Hosford

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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first listed
2020
Hosford School and Gymnasium
Hosford School and Gymnasium
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All 1 listings
Hosford School and GymnasiumBuilding · listed 2020

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Questions about Hosford’s history

What year was Hosford founded?

The Hosford post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Hosford?

One place: the Hosford School and Gymnasium (listed 2020).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.