More historic than 15% of U.S. towns · #277 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
Most of Mango was built recently: 0.6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989. Below: maps from 1921 on and the census since 1990.
Founding year: the first Mango post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Mango’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Mango is more historic than 15% of U.S. towns, #277 of 638 in Florida. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Mango’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 Mango’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 range from D to C. The pre-1940 share (±0.9 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 Mango’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Big PinesBrowerColony Hill EstatesEast Gate Mobile EstatesEastern Terrace EstatesEastside Mobile VillaEden ParkEleven Mile HillFryeGraystoneHillcrestHillcrest Mobile EstatesHillsborough Avenue FarmsKennedy HillKnifke EstatesLake Marie Mobile EstatesLakewood CrestMango GrovesMango HillsMango TerraceMirror CrestMirror LakeOak ValleyPeebles Place
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Help out
Start Mango’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mango’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Mango. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1921Tampa sheet · 1:62,500
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Mango.
The story so far
Mango, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mango yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Mango is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. The population was 12,699 at 2020 census, up from the 11,313 at the 2010 census.
Its first post office opened in 1880. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 11,313 to 12,699 (+12%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
The Mango post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Mango rank for history?
Mango is more historic than 15% of U.S. towns, #277 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 Mango?
0.6% of Mango’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 1989.
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), 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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