More historic than 5% of U.S. towns · #561 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
Most of Wekiwa Springs was built recently: 0.4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981. Below: maps from 1959 on and the census since 2000.
Founding year: the first Wekiwa Springs post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Wekiwa Springs’ History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Wekiwa Springs is more historic than 5% of U.S. towns, #561 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 Wekiwa Springs’ 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 Wekiwa Springs’ 0.0 sits below most of its state (33% of Florida towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to D. The pre-1940 share (±0.4 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 Wekiwa Springs’ past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Wekiwa Springs yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Wekiwa Springs is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Seminole County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Wekiwa Springs had a population of 23,428. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Its first post office opened in 1906. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 21,998 to 23,428 (+7%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Wekiwa Springs, 1906 to 1959
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Wekiwa Springs. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1959Forest City 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 Wekiwa Springs.
People over time
Wekiwa Springs, census by census
Between 21,998 and 23,428 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Wekiwa Springs’ Wikipedia page.
Famous people
Famous people close to Wekiwa Springs
Nobody well known was born in Wekiwa Springs itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Wekiwa Springs post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Wekiwa Springs rank for history?
Wekiwa Springs is more historic than 5% of U.S. towns, #561 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.
How old are the homes in Wekiwa Springs?
0.4% of Wekiwa Springs’ homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 1981.
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 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.
