Richmond Heights’ post office opened in 1951, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
More historic than 21% of U.S. towns · #220 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
Most of Richmond Heights was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1973. 1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 26 buildings. Below: maps from 1950 on and the census since 1960.
Founding year: the first Richmond Heights post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Richmond Heights’ History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Richmond Heights is more historic than 21% of U.S. towns, #220 of 638 in Florida. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Richmond Heights’ 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 Richmond Heights’ 26.0 sits above most of its state (89% of Florida towns have fewer) while its 26 historic buildings outnumber those of 81% 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 (±0.7 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 Richmond Heights’ past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
At the beginning of World War II, the United States Navy purchased 2,500 acres (1,000 ha) of land in southwestern Dade (now called Miami-Dade) County for the purpose of constructing an airship base. The land was owned by the Richmond Timber Company, a major supplier of Dade County Pine (a denser, harder, sub-species of Pinus palustris, or longleaf pine). The base was named Naval Air Station Richmond, after the lumber company, and was home to the 25 ships of ZP-21 (Patrol, Airship Squadron 21 and Airship Wing 2). NAS Richmond was the second largest airship base in the United States, NAS Lakehurst in New Jersey being the largest. NAS Richmond was destroyed by a hurricane and fire in September 1945.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Richmond Heights. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1950South Miami 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 Richmond Heights.
People over time
Richmond Heights, census by census
Grew from 4,311 people in 1960 to 8,944 in 2020.
7 censuses, 1960–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Richmond Heights’ Wikipedia page.
Famous people
Famous people close to Richmond Heights
Nobody well known was born in Richmond Heights itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Richmond Heights post office opened in 1951, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Richmond Heights rank for history?
Richmond Heights is more historic than 21% of U.S. towns, #220 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.
What is on the National Register in Richmond Heights?
One place: the Richmond Heights Pioneer Historic District (listed 2019).
How old are the homes in Richmond Heights?
0.0% of Richmond Heights’ homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 1973.
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 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.
