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History · Pomona Park

Pomona Park was first counted by the census in 1910, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1954 on, and the census since 1910.

1910first census
0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Pomona Park’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Pomona Park began

When was Pomona Park founded?

1910

Pomona Park first appears in the census in 1910. Another post office, Pomona (1880), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 301 in 19102020 census: 784116 years
Founding year: the first census.

What stands out about Pomona Park’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 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Pomona Park’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pomona Park’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 viewQuiltmaker Ruth Rowe at her house: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Pomona Park, in brief

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

Pomona Park is a town in Putnam County, Florida, United States. The town of Pomona Park is part of the Palatka, Florida Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 784 at the 2020 census, down from 912 at the 2010 census.

Its first post office opened in 1910. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 912 to 784 (-14%).

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

Timeline

Pomona Park, 1880 to 1985

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1880Post officeThe Pomona post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1945Post officeThe Pomona post office closes
  5. 1945Post officeThe Pomona Park post office opens
  6. 1954On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1985In the archiveQuiltmaker Ruth Rowe at her house
By decade

Pomona Park, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1980s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1980s1 item
Quiltmaker Ruth Rowe at her house1985Quiltmaker Ruth Rowe at her house
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.
Add from your album
Today2 recent
Datil (2022 11 21 15 23 44 UTC)2013Datil (2022 11 21 15 23 44 UTC)FLMap-doton-PomonaPark2004FLMap-doton-PomonaPark
On the map

Pomona Park on the map, 1954 to 1964

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

Pomona Park on the 1954 USGS mapPomona Park on the 1964 USGS map1954Daytona Beach sheet · 1:250,000

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

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.

Quiltmaker Ruth Rowe at her house
Retake this viewQuiltmaker Ruth Rowe at her house, 1985

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

Retake this view · +15
People over time

Pomona Park, census by census

02004006008001,000192019401960198020002020Peak: 912

Between 301 and 912 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Pomona Park

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

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Joseph StilwellUnited States Army general · b. 1883
Eddie JohnsonAmerican soccer player · b. 1984
Michelle McCoolAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1980
Augusta SavageAmerican sculptor · b. 1892
Edmund Kirby SmithConfederate States Army general · b. 1824
A. Philip RandolphBlack American civil rights activist, labor uni… · b. 1889
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Pomona Park’s post office has been open since 1945. Another post office, Pomona, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Pomona
1880–1945
Pomona Park
1945–today
18801950today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Pomona Park’s history

What year was Pomona Park founded?

The Pomona Park post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 (3), 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.