White City’s post office opened in 1894, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
More historic than 37% of U.S. towns · #130 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
Most of White City was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983. Its Register listing is the Captain Hammond House. Below: maps from 1981 on and the census since 2000.
Founding year: the first White City post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives White City’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, White City is more historic than 37% of U.S. towns, #130 of 638 in Florida. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
C+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of White City’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 White City’s 1.7 sits above most of its state (75% of Florida towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.0 points). 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 White City’s 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 White City yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
White City is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. Lucie County, Florida, United States. The population was 3,719 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Port St. Lucie Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Its first post office opened in 1894. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 3,719 in 2010, 3,779 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
White City, 1894 to 1981
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The White City post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does White City rank for history?
White City is more historic than 37% of U.S. towns, #130 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 White City?
One place: the Captain Hammond House (listed 1990).
How old are the homes in White City?
4% of White City’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.0 points), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 1983.
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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.
