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History · Pine Manor

Half of Pine Manor’s homes were built after 1976

More historic than 6% of U.S. towns · #449 of 638 in Florida. What drives it

Most of Pine Manor was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: maps from 1958 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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About Pine Manor’s history

How historic is Pine Manor?

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More historic than 6% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
History grade

What drives Pine Manor’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Pine Manor is more historic than 6% of U.S. towns, #449 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 Pine Manor’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 6%
NewerOlder
Florida towns of 2,500+ (638)Ahead of 30%

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 Pine Manor’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 two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±1.3 points) is firm at this size.

Founding year: our sources. 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 Pine Manor’s past

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

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Start Pine Manor’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pine Manor’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.
The story so far

Pine Manor, in brief

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

Pine Manor is a census-designated place (CDP) located between U.S. Route 41 (South Cleveland Ave) and Summerlin Road in Lee County, Florida, United States. The population was 4,122 at the 2020 census, up from 3,428 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 3,428 to 4,122 (+20%).

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

By decade

Pine Manor, decade by decade

On the map

Pine Manor on the map, 1958 to 1987

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pine Manor. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Pine Manor on the 1958 USGS mapPine Manor on the 1972 USGS mapPine Manor on the 1987 USGS map1958Fort Myers SW sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Pine Manor.

Famous people

Famous people close to Pine Manor

Nobody well known was born in Pine Manor itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Questions about Pine Manor’s history

How does Pine Manor rank for history?

Pine Manor is more historic than 6% of U.S. towns, #449 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 Pine Manor?

0.0% of Pine Manor’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.3 points), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 1976.

Memory lane

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

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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 (6), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.