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History · Spring Lake

Spring Lake’s post office opened in 1888, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Spring Lake was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1992. Its Register listing is the Spring Lake Community Center.

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How Spring Lake began

When was Spring Lake founded?

1888

The Spring Lake post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 465138 years
Founding year: the first Spring Lake post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Spring Lake’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 Spring Lake 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 Spring Lake’s history is told.

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The story so far

Spring Lake, in brief

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

Spring Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hernando County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Spring Lake had a population of 465.

Its first post office opened in 1888. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 458 in 2010, 465 in 2020.

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

By decade

Spring Lake, decade by decade

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Powell Road (HCR 572) @ NB HCR 5412006Powell Road (HCR 572) @ NB HCR 541North HCR 541-Jct HCR 5722006North HCR 541-Jct HCR 572North HCR 541 near HCR 5722006North HCR 541 near HCR 572Hayman Road (HCR 576) @ SB HCR 5412006Hayman Road (HCR 576) @ SB HCR 541HCRs 541-576 Right Arrow2006HCRs 541-576 Right ArrowFLMap-doton-SpringLake2004FLMap-doton-SpringLake
On the National Register

1 historic place in Spring Lake

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

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National Historic Landmarks
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first listed
2009
Spring Lake Community Center
Spring Lake Community Center
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Masonry Vernacular1
Spring Lake Community CenterMasonry Vernacular

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Spring Lake

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

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Bray WyattAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1987
Bo DallasAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1990
John CapelAmerican football player, track and field athle… · b. 1978
Roy RobertsAmerican actor · b. 1906
Mike HamptonAmerican professional baseball player, pitcher · b. 1972
Bill McCollumAmerican lawyer and politician · b. 1944
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Spring Lake had its own post office from 1888 to 1909.

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

Questions about Spring Lake’s history

What year was Spring Lake founded?

The Spring Lake post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Spring Lake?

One place: the Spring Lake Community Center (listed 2009).

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). How TownRatings grades history →

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