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History · Trilby

Trilby dates to 1901

Most of Trilby was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1968. Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1960 on.

1901founded
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
1famous people
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How Trilby began

When was Trilby founded?

1901

Trilby dates its founding to 1901 (Wikipedia’s history).

2020 census: 433125 years
Founding year: Wikipedia.The full story ↓

What stands out about Trilby’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story

How Trilby came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Trilby.

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An earlier name for the town was Macon. The newer name Trilby was in use by 1895, although the Macon post office was not renamed Trilby until 1901. Railroad magnate Henry Plant changed the name of the town because it duplicated the name of Macon, Georgia. He has been quoted as saying he wished to name it "after the heroine of a story which has lately deeply moved me", referring to George du Maurier's novel of the same name. Trilby was incorporated by the state legislature as a town on May 23, 1901, but was disincorporated on May 11, 1909. The town was again incorporated by the state legislature in 1913 but was disincorporated for a second time on April 24, 1935. Because of the loss of its railroad industry, it has declined into a residential community for Dade City, and also for the Tampa Bay region.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Trilby, 1901 to 1993

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1901
    FoundingTrilby is established
  3. 1927In the archiveTrilby depot
  4. 1960On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1993Born hereJanarion Grant is born here
By decade

Trilby, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1920s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1920s1 item
Trilby depot1927Trilby depot
1930s–1990snothing yet
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.
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Today11 recent
12-Trilby Trailhead; March 10, 2018201812-Trilby Trailhead; March 10, 201810-Trilby Trailhead; March 10, 2018201810-Trilby Trailhead; March 10, 201808-Trilby Trailhead; March 10, 2018201808-Trilby Trailhead; March 10, 201807-Trilby Trailhead; March 10, 2018201807-Trilby Trailhead; March 10, 201805-Trilby Trailhead; March 10, 2018201805-Trilby Trailhead; March 10, 2018WST Trilby Trailhead2010WST Trilby TrailheadTrilby, Florida Historic Plaque2010Trilby, Florida Historic PlaqueTrilby, FL Historic Plaque(Close-Up)2010Trilby, FL Historic Plaque(Close-Up)Trilby Florida; US 98 & Pasco CR 5752010Trilby Florida; US 98 & Pasco CR 575Trilby FL post office012010Trilby FL post office01Rural post office2010Rural post office
On the map

Trilby on the map, 1960 to 1988

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

Trilby on the 1960 USGS mapTrilby on the 1978 USGS mapTrilby on the 1988 USGS map1960Lacoochee 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 Trilby.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Trilby depot
Retake this viewTrilby depot, 1927

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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

LacoocheeIts storyC

Questions about Trilby’s history

What year was Trilby founded?

In 1901, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town.

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (12), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.