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Among the newest of U.S. towns · #627 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
Most of Indian Harbour Beach was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1949 on, and the census since 1970.
Indian Harbour Beach dates its founding to 1955 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1970.
Among the newest of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Indian Harbour Beach is among the newest of U.S. towns, #627 of 638 in Florida. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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 Indian Harbour Beach’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.
Founding year: Wikidata (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 →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Indian Harbour Beach’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Indian Harbour Beach.
Indian Harbour Beach was founded on June 6, 1955, by W. Lansing Gleason, John H. Neafie, and Louis S. Henry.
In 2013, along with Palm Beach and Sanibel, Indian Harbour Beach ranked among the top 3 places to live in Florida, according to AreaVibes livability score.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
2017Sunday morning surfing
2017Sunday beach
2017Shadows
2016FLA1AsRoad-FL518wSign
2015Indian Harbour Beach Sunset
2015Indian Harbour Beach Sunrise
2015Indian Harbor Beach Skyline
2014Indian Harbour Beach Horizon
2012Approaching Mathers Bridge in Indian Harbour FL from …
2004FLMap-doton-IndianHarbourBeach
2004FEMA - 10603 - Photograph by Andrea Booher taken on 0…Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Indian Harbour Beach. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Indian Harbour Beach.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Indian Harbour Beach’s page.
Retake this view · +15Between 5,371 and 9,019 people in every census since 1970.
6 censuses, 1970–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Indian Harbour Beach’s Wikipedia page.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1955, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. the census of 1970 counted 5,371 people here.
Indian Harbour Beach is among the newest of U.S. towns, #627 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.
0.0% of Indian Harbour Beach’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 1978.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (12), 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.
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