Mims’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Mims. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Mims, Florida received its name after its earliest settlers; Britton J. Mims, Robert Mims, and Casper Neil Mims. The three brothers were reputedly distant relatives to Jesse James. Casper later established the first Mims general store circa 1876.
Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway construction starting 1885 expanded the community. By 1893, with railroad in place, both Mims and neighboring city Titusville began shipping citrus and lumber to northern cities. By the end of the 19th century citrus farms began to dominate the local economy. Citrus remain central to Mims economy until the closure of Nevins fruit company in the 1980s.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Mims’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mims’s history is told.
3 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewBombing of home of NAACP member, 1951: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Mims, decade by decade
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Bombing of home of NAACP member (1951) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.