More historic than 4% of U.S. towns · #571 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
Most of Naranja was built recently: 0.1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2007. Below: maps from 1949 on and the census since 1960.
The Naranja post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Narauja (1906), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 2,309 in 19602020 census: 13,509120 years
How historic is Naranja?
D−
More historic than 4% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Naranja post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Naranja’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Naranja is more historic than 4% of U.S. towns, #571 of 638 in Florida. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
D−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Naranja’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 Naranja’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 D. The pre-1940 share (±0.3 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 Naranja’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost a third of its people between 1990 and 2000, then grew 3-fold.
5 censuses, 1960–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Naranja’s Wikipedia page.
The story so far
Naranja, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Naranja yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Naranja is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. Many orange groves were once located in this area, so the community name came from the Spanish word for orange, naranja, though the pronunciation among the local residents is "Na-Ran-Jah". Naranja was also a stop for the Florida East Coast Railroad that once ran through this area. It is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. The population was 13,509 at the 2020 census, up from 8,303 in 2010.
Its first post office opened in 1906. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 8,303 to 13,509 (+63%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Naranja, 1906 to 2020
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Naranja post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Naranja rank for history?
Naranja is more historic than 4% of U.S. towns, #571 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 Naranja?
0.1% of Naranja’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 2007.
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 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.
