Babson Park’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Babson Park. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The original name of the general area was Cody Villa, after the Cody family that moved there in the 1890s. Later, the community was known as Crooked Lake after the adjacent body of water of the same name. In 1923, economist and entrepreneur Roger Babson purchased approximately 400 acres of land in the Crooked Lake townsite with the intention of creating his own town. The town was soon renamed from Crooked Lake to Babson Park after him.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Babson Park’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewWebber Grounds: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Babson Park
See all 1 →Babson Park, decade by decade
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CommonsWebber International University Gate; SB on FL 172023
CommonsWebber International University Gate; NB on FL 172023
CommonsWB Libby Road near Old ACL Haines City Bridge; Babson Park,…2023
CommonsWB Libby Road near Old ACL Haines City Bridge; Babson Park,…2023
CommonsWB Libby Road near Old ACL Haines City Bridge; Babson Park,…2023
CommonsUSPS Babson Park, FL - 338272023
CommonsPolk County Fire & Rescue; Babson Park Station2023
CommonsNB FL 17; Webber International University Sign2023
CommonsEB Libby Road near Old ACL Haines City Bridge; Babson Park,…2023
CommonsEB Libby Road near Old ACL Haines City Bridge; Babson Park,…2023
CommonsEB Libby Road near Old ACL Haines City Bridge; Babson Park,…2023
CommonsDale R Fair Babson Park Elementary School2023
CommonsBabson Park, FL; Southwest Gate Post2023
CommonsBabson Park, FL; Southeast Gate Post2023
CommonsSB FL 17 Enters Hillcrest Heights2022
CommonsNB FL 17 Enters Babson Park (Close-Up)2022
CommonsLakeWales&FrostproofFromTheISS20131 historic place in Babson Park
1 place in Babson Park is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Webber Grounds and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (18). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.