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History · Pineland

Pineland’s post office opened in 1902, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Pineland was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1998. Its Register listing is the Pine-Aire Lodge. Below: maps from 1958 on and the census since 2000.

1902first post office
1on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
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How Pineland began

When was Pineland founded?

1902

The Pineland post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 444 in 20002020 census: 466124 years
Founding year: the first Pineland post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Pineland’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Pineland are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pineland’s history is told.

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The story

How Pineland came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Pineland.

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Pineland was the location of one of the largest and oldest native Florida settlements, established at least 2,000 years ago and used by a slowly evolving sequence of cultures. The Calusa people inhabited the area for 1,500 years until the arrival of Europeans. They called the site "Tampa" or "Tanpa", a name which was accidentally transferred north by European explorers.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Pineland, decade by decade

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On the map

Pineland on the map, 1958 to 1994

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

Pineland on the 1958 USGS mapPineland on the 1972 USGS mapPineland on the 1987 USGS mapPineland on the 1994 USGS map1958Bokeelia 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 Pineland.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Pineland

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
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Pine-Aire Lodge
Pine-Aire Lodge
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Pine-Aire LodgeBuilding · listed 2014

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Pineland, census by census

010020030040050020002020Peak: 466

Between 407 and 466 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Pineland’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Pineland

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

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Haley BennettAmerican actress and singer · b. 1988
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Mindy McCreadyAmerican country music singer · b. 1975
Deion SandersAmerican football and baseball player and footb… · b. 1967
Connie Mack IVAmerican politician · b. 1967
Elissa SteamerAmerican professional skateboarder · b. 1975
Tarah KayneAmerican pair skater · b. 1993
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

BokeeliaIts storyDPine Island CenterIts storyD

Questions about Pineland’s history

What year was Pineland founded?

The Pineland post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Pineland?

One place: the Pine-Aire Lodge (listed 2014).

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.