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History · Waukeenah

Waukeenah’s post office opened in 1828

Most of Waukeenah was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1970. Below: maps from 1955 on.

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How Waukeenah began

When was Waukeenah founded?

1828

The Waukeenah post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 259198 years
Founding year: the first Waukeenah post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Waukeenah’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 Waukeenah are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1828: 198 years of Waukeenah.
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Start Waukeenah’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Timeline

Waukeenah, 1828 to 1958

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1828Post officeThe Waukeenah post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1955On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1958Post officeThe Waukeenah post office closes
The story so far

Waukeenah, in brief

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

Waukeenah is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 259, down from 272 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Tallahassee metropolitan area.

Its first post office opened in 1828. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 272 to 259 (-5%).

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

By decade

Waukeenah, decade by decade

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On the map

Waukeenah on the map in 1955

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Waukeenah.

Waukeenah on the 1955 USGS map1955Waukeenah 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 Waukeenah.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Waukeenah had its own post office from 1828 to 1958.

Waukeenah
1828–1958
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Waukeenah’s history

What year was Waukeenah founded?

The Waukeenah post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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), 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.