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History · High Point

High Point’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of High Point. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

High Point is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Hernando County, Florida, United States. The population was 3,686 at the 2010 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 3,686 to 3,873 (+5%). Half of its homes were built before 1986.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of High Point yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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High Point, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in High Point is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean High Point has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Weeki Wachee Springs in Spring Hill, 3.8 miles away.

High Point and the nearest listed places

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Weeki Wachee SpringsSinclair Service StationJudge Willis Russell HouseSouth Brooksville Avenue Historic DistrictWilliam Sherman Jennings HouseFrank Saxon House

Closest to High Point

Weeki Wachee SpringsSpring Hill · Built 19473.8miSinclair Service StationSpring Hill · Building5miJudge Willis Russell HouseBrooksville · Building8.1miSouth Brooksville Avenue Historic DistrictBrooksville · District8.2miWilliam Sherman Jennings HouseBrooksville · Building8.3mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Weeki Wachee Springs’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in High Point?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to High Point’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Brooksville📜 San Antonio📜 St. Leo📜 Port Richey
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