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More historic than 16% of U.S. towns · #268 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
Most of Yulee was built recently: 0.9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2004. Below: 4 old photos and papers, maps from 1918 on, and the census since 1990.
The Yulee post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Chester (1886), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
More historic than 16% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Yulee is more historic than 16% of U.S. towns, #268 of 638 in Florida. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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 Yulee’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.
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 →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Yulee’s history is told.
Yulee’s post office has been open since 1893. Another post office, Chester, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Yulee. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Yulee.
From Wikipedia’s history of Yulee.
A post office called Yulee has been in operation since 1893. The community of Yulee was named after David Levy Yulee, who was known for his role as the builder of the Florida Railroad, a significant railway in the state. Additionally, David Yulee served as a United States senator from Florida.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Born hereZack Taylor is born here
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
In the archiveGas station and lunch room near Yulee, Florida
In the archiveFlorida Welcome Center
Born hereDerrick Henry is born here2 decades in the archive, from the 1940s to the 1970s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
2017Yulee Volunteer Fire Department
2017Yulee Sports Complex
2017Yulee Primary School
2017Yulee Post Office
2017Yulee Middle School
2017Yulee Lions Club
2017Yulee Elementary School
2017NassauRiver-YuleeAerial
2017County Building
2017Coastal Cinema 10, Nassau County
2013YuleeRiverFL
2013YuleeRailroad
2013YuleeFLM
2004FLMap-doton-YuleeNo then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Yulee’s page.
Retake this view · +15Grew from 6,915 people in 1990 to 14,195 in 2020.
4 censuses, 1990–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Yulee’s Wikipedia page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
The Yulee post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Yulee is more historic than 16% of U.S. towns, #268 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.
0.9% of Yulee’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.1 points), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 2004.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (17), the Library of Congress (1), 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.
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