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History · Wewahitchka

Wewahitchka dates to 1870

More historic than 13% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Most of Wewahitchka was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1945 on, and the census since 1930.

1870founded
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Wewahitchka began

When was Wewahitchka founded?

1870

Wewahitchka dates its founding to 1870 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1930.

First census: 584 in 19302020 census: 2,074156 years

How historic is Wewahitchka?

D

More historic than 13% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1879.The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Wewahitchka’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Wewahitchka is more historic than 13% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

D
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Wewahitchka’s overall grade.
Founding era1870, from Wikipedia: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19400.0% of homes (±1.4) · typical FL town 0.6% · U.S. 8.4%D−National RegisterNo listings counted · typical FL town 0.0 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 13%
NewerOlder

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 Wewahitchka’s 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 C. The pre-1940 share (±1.4 points) is firm at this size. Two sources give 1870.

Founding year: Wikipedia (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 Wewahitchka’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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Start Wewahitchka’s collection

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

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 Wewahitchka came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Wewahitchka.

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The current city was settled around 1870, and platted in 1875.

It took its name from a Native American (Seminole) word meaning "water eyes". Two lakes along the edge of town look like a perfect pair of eyes, one of the lakes is called Lake Julia, while the other one is Lake Alice.

The community was officially incorporated as the City of Wewahitchka, becoming a municipality in 1959.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Wewahitchka, 1870 to 1968

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1870
    FoundingWewahitchka is established
  3. 1879Post officeThe Wewahitchka post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1940In the archiveConnecticut -New Haven County - -Windham County- -- Delaware -entire state- -- District o…
  6. 1945On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1968Born hereJim Byrd is born here
By decade

Wewahitchka, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1940s1 item
Connecticut -New Haven County - -Windham County- -- Delaware -entire state- -- District of Columbia -- Florida -Alachua…1940Connecticut -New Haven County - -Windham County- -- D…
1950s–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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On the map

Wewahitchka on the map, 1945 to 1990

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

Wewahitchka on the 1945 USGS mapWewahitchka on the 1990 USGS map1945Wewahitchka 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 Wewahitchka.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Connecticut -New Haven County - -Windham County- -- Delaware -entire state- -- District of Columbia -- Florida -Alachua…
Retake this viewConnecticut -New Haven County - -Windham County- -- Delaware -entire state- -- District of Columbia -- Florida -Alachua…, 1940

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Wewahitchka’s page.

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People over time

Wewahitchka, census by census

05001,0001,5002,000194019601980200020202,074

Grew from 584 people in 1930 to 2,074 in 2020, 3 times over.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Wewahitchka’s post office has been open since 1879.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Lake Grove
1cemetery inside Wewahitchka
Jehu

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

Questions about Wewahitchka’s history

What year was Wewahitchka founded?

In 1870, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Wewahitchka’s post office opened in 1879, and the census of 1930 counted 584 people here.

How does Wewahitchka rank for history?

Wewahitchka is more historic than 13% of U.S. towns. 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 Wewahitchka?

0.0% of Wewahitchka’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.4 points), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 1987.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (18), 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) 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.