The Yalaha post office opened in 1897, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Yallaha (1874), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 1,505129 years
How historic is Yalaha?
C−
More historic than 19% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Yalaha post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Yalaha’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Yalaha is more historic than 19% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Yalaha’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 Yalaha’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 C− to C. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.6 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 Yalaha’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 Yalaha yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Yalaha is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Yalaha had a population of 1,505. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Its first post office opened in 1897. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,364 to 1,505 (+10%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Yalaha, 1874 to 1897
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Yalaha post office opened in 1897, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Yalaha rank for history?
Yalaha is more historic than 19% 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 Yalaha?
3% of Yalaha’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.6 points), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 1993.
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 (6), 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.
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