Immokalee’s post office opened in 1897, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
More historic than 35% of U.S. towns · #139 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
Most of Immokalee was built recently: 0.1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1993. 1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 9 buildings. Below: 3 old photos and papers, maps from 1958 on, and the census since 1960.
Founding year: the first Immokalee post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Immokalee’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Immokalee is more historic than 35% of U.S. towns, #139 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 Immokalee’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 Immokalee’s 3.4 sits above most of its state (79% of Florida towns have fewer) while its 9 historic buildings outnumber those of 75% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B. The pre-1940 share (±0.2 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (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 Immokalee’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Betty Carter Mobile Home ParkCarter Trailer ParkChaneys Trailer ParkDavenport Mobile Home Park Number 1Davenport Mobile Home Park Number 2Davenport Mobile Home Park Number 3Garcias Mobile Home ParkGriffins Mobile Home Park Number 2Griffins Trailer Park Number 1Krystal Lane Mobile Home ParkMiraham Trailer ParkR and B Trailer ParkRoy Mobile Home ParkStar Mobile Home ParkTara Park Mobile Home ParkThomas Mobile Home ParkWestclox Mobile Home Park
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Immokalee Army Air Fieldmilitary
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
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Start Immokalee’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Immokalee’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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3 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
The region was settled by the Calusa people. It was inhabited by the Seminole centuries later, after they moved down from northern Florida. Initially the settlement was known as Gopher Ridge by the Seminole and Miccosukee nations. Immokalee means "your home" in the Mikasuki language.
When the swamps were drained in the region, agriculture became the dominant industry. European-American hunters, trappers, Native American traders, cowmen, and missionaries moved in before permanent villages developed. The first permanent settlement was founded in 1872. In 1921, the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad extended its Haines City Branch south to Immokalee. The railroad was removed in 1989.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
The Immokalee post office opened in 1897, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Immokalee rank for history?
Immokalee is more historic than 35% of U.S. towns, #139 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.
What is on the National Register in Immokalee?
One place: the Roberts Ranch (listed 2003).
How old are the homes in Immokalee?
0.1% of Immokalee’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 1993.
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 (18), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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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