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History · Sorrento

Sorrento’s post office opened in 1878

Most of Sorrento was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986. Below: maps from 1960 on.

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How Sorrento began

When was Sorrento founded?

1878

The Sorrento post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 845148 years
Founding year: the first Sorrento post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Sorrento’s past

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

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The story so far

Sorrento, in brief

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

Sorrento is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lake County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Sorrento had a population of 845. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1878. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 861 in 2010, 845 in 2020.

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

By decade

Sorrento, decade by decade

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On the map

Sorrento on the map, 1960 to 1980

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

Sorrento on the 1960 USGS mapSorrento on the 1980 USGS map1960Sorrento 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 Sorrento.

Famous people

Famous people close to Sorrento

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

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Graham ZusiAmerican soccer player · b. 1986
Lauren BoebertUnited States Representative from Colorado sinc… · b. 1986
Alcee HastingsAmerican politician & judge · b. 1936
Aubrey PeeplesAmerican actor · b. 1993
Solomon JonesAmerican basketball player · b. 1984
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Jonathan LucroyBaseball player from the United States · b. 1986

Questions about Sorrento’s history

What year was Sorrento founded?

The Sorrento post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.