Titusville dates to 1867, and 8 of its places are on the National Register
More historic than 40% of U.S. towns · #110 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
Most of Titusville was built recently: 0.9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1982. 8 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 21 buildings. Below: 6 old photos and papers, maps from 1893 on, and the census since 1890.
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1873.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Titusville’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Titusville is more historic than 40% of U.S. towns, #110 of 638 in Florida. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Titusville’s 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 Titusville’s 5.9 sits above most of its state (82% of Florida towns have fewer) while its 29 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 B. The pre-1940 share (±0.4 points) is firm at this size. Two sources give 1867.
Founding year: Wikidata (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 Titusville’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Titusville’s post office has been open since 1873. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Titusville
1873–today
Lagrange
1880–1908
Coquina
1890–1901
Indian River City
1912–today
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Every building
Titusville, building by building, 1893–1920
Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.
Indigenous peoples had inhabited the area for thousands of years, as shown by discovery in 1982 of the Windover Archeological Site, dating to the middle Archaic Period (6000 to 5000 BC). It has been designated as a National Historic Landmark because of the significance of its remains.
At the time of European encounter, the area was inhabited by the Ais Indians, who gathered palmetto, cocoplum, and seagrape berries. They fished the Indian River, called the Rio de Ais by Spanish explorers. By 1760, however, the tribe had disappeared due largely to infectious disease, slave raids, and the disruptive effects of rum.
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.
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.
In 1867, according to Wikidata. Titusville’s post office opened in 1873, and the census of 1890 counted 746 people here.
How does Titusville rank for history?
Titusville is more historic than 40% of U.S. towns, #110 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 Titusville?
8 listings: 7 buildings, among them the St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church (listed 1972, the first), and 1 historic district, the Titusville Commercial District, with 21 contributing buildings. 29 historic buildings in all.
How old are the homes in Titusville?
0.9% of Titusville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 1982.
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 Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (8), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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