History · Tice

Tice’s post office opened in 1928, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

More historic than 21% of U.S. towns · #219 of 638 in Florida. What drives it

Most of Tice was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1969. Its Register listing is the Tice Grammer School. Below: maps from 1958 on and the census since 1950.

1928first post office

1on the National Register

2%homes built before 1940

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How Tice began

When was Tice founded?

1928

The Tice post office opened in 1928, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 1,133 in 19502020 census: 4,85398 years

How historic is Tice?

C⁻

More historic than 21% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓

Founding year: the first Tice post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

History grade

What drives Tice’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Tice is more historic than 21% of U.S. towns, #219 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 Tice’s overall grade.

Founding era1928, from the first post office: founded 1900–1944, an older era than 9% of U.S. townsD Homes built before 19401.9% of homes (±2.4) · typical FL town 0.6% · U.S. 8.4%C⁻National Register1 listing, 2.1 per 10,000 residents · typical FL town 0.0 · U.S. 2.4B

All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 21%

NewerOlder

Florida towns of 2,500+ (638)Ahead of 66%

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 Tice’s 2.1 sits above most of its state (76% of Florida towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% 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 (±2.4 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 Tice’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 Tice are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 7,254 in 1970; 4,853 people lived here in 2020.

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Start Tice’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Tice’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos

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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.

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People over time

Tice, census by census

Peaked at 7,254 in 1970; 4,853 people lived here in 2020.

8 censuses, 1950–2020.

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

The story so far

Tice, in brief

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

Tice is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP population was 4,853. It is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1928. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 4,470 to 4,853 (+9%).

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

Timeline

Tice, 1928 to 1970

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

20th century
1928Post officeThe Tice post office opens
1958On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
1970CensusPopulation peaks at 7,254

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Tice on the map, 1958 to 1987

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

1958Fort Myers 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 Tice.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Tice

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

place listed

National Historic Landmarks

none yet

historic buildings protected

each building in a district counts

first listed

1999

Tice Grammer School

Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival1

Tice Grammer SchoolMission/Spanish Colonial Revival

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Tice

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

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Haley BennettAmerican actress and singer · b. 1988

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

Ross ChastainAmerican stock car racing driver · b. 1992

Places that used to be

Old corners

Tice’s post office has been open since 1928.

Hamlets and corners on the map

Alta Vista Park Mobille Home ParkFlamingo Mobile Home ResortTice Courts Mobile Home Park

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Fort Myers15 historic placesB⁻

Questions about Tice’s history

What year was Tice founded?

The Tice post office opened in 1928, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Tice rank for history?

Tice is more historic than 21% of U.S. towns, #219 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 Tice?

One place: the Tice Grammer School (listed 1999).

How old are the homes in Tice?

2% of Tice’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.4 points), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 1969.

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).

From Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.

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