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History · Lacoochee

Lacoochee’s post office opened in 1888

More historic than 28% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Most of Lacoochee was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1970. Below: 3 old photos and papers from 1937 on.

1888first post office
0on the National Register
9%homes built before 1940
3old photos & papers
3famous people
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From Lacoochee’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Lacoochee began

When was Lacoochee founded?

1888

The Lacoochee post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,124138 years

How historic is Lacoochee?

C

More historic than 28% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Lacoochee post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Lacoochee’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Lacoochee is more historic than 28% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Lacoochee’s overall grade.
Founding era1888, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19408.5% of homes (±9.1) · typical FL town 0.6% · U.S. 8.4%C+National 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 28%
NewerOlder

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 Lacoochee’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 C. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±9.1 points). 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 Lacoochee’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 3 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Lacoochee’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lacoochee’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewA large lumber mill at Lacoochee, Flori…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Lacoochee, in brief

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

Lacoochee is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pasco County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lacoochee had a population of 1,124.

Its first post office opened in 1888. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,714 to 1,124 (-34%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Lacoochee, 1888 to 1976

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1888Post officeThe Lacoochee post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1935Born hereMudcat Grant is born here
  5. 1937In the archiveA large lumber mill at Lacoochee, Florida. Surrounding forests have been ruthlessly cut d…
  6. 1975Born hereDarren Hambrick is born here
  7. 1976Born hereTroy Hambrick is born here
By decade

Lacoochee, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1930s3 items
A large lumber mill at Lacoochee, Florida. Surrounding forests have been ruthlessly cut down1937A large lumber mill at Lacoochee, Florida. Surroundin…A large lumber mill at Lacoochee, Florida. Surrounding pine forests have been ruthlessly cut down. Withlacoochee Land U…1937A large lumber mill at Lacoochee, Florida. Surroundin…Cummer Sons Cypress Company Engine 1041939Cummer Sons Cypress Company Engine 104
1940s–1990snothing yet
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.
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Today3 recent
FL 575 Withlacoochee River Bridge; 19742010FL 575 Withlacoochee River Bridge; 1974FL 575 sign2009FL 575 signFLMap-doton-Lacoochee2004FLMap-doton-Lacoochee
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

A large lumber mill at Lacoochee, Florida. Surrounding forests have been ruthlessly cut down
Retake this viewA large lumber mill at Lacoochee, Florida. Surrounding forests have been ruthlessly cut down, 1937

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Lacoochee’s page.

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Famous people

3 famous people were born in Lacoochee

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Mudcat GrantAmerican baseball player · b. 1935
D
Darren HambrickAmerican football player · b. 1975
T
Troy HambrickAmerican football player · b. 1976
Places that used to be

Old corners

Lacoochee’s post office has been open since 1888.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Moss TownTrilcoochee

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). 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.

TrilbyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Lacoochee’s history

What year was Lacoochee founded?

The Lacoochee post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Lacoochee rank for history?

Lacoochee is more historic than 28% 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 Lacoochee?

9% of Lacoochee’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±9.1 points), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 1970.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 Wikimedia Commons (4), the Library of Congress (2), 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.