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History · Pine Lakes

Pine Lakes’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Pine Lakes. 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

Pine Lakes is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Pine Lakes had a population of 818. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 862 to 818 (-5%). Half of its homes were built before 1986.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pine Lakes 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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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pine Lakes’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Pine Lakes

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Jim CourierJim CourierSanford · 14 miGraham ZusiGraham ZusiLongwood · 17 miNaomiNaomiSanford · 14 miAubrey PeeplesAubrey PeeplesLake Mary · 14 miJacob deGromJacob deGromDeLand · 10 miChipper JonesChipper JonesDeLand · 10 mi
By decade

Pine Lakes, 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 Pine Lakes is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Pine Lakes has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Louis P. Thursby House in Orange City, 5.6 miles away.

Pine Lakes and the nearest listed places

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Louis P. Thursby HouseDickinson Memorial Library and ParkOrange City Historic DistrictOrange City Colored SchoolOrange City Town HallSeth French House

Closest to Pine Lakes

Louis P. Thursby HouseOrange City · Frame Vernacular5.6miDickinson Memorial Library and ParkOrange City · Building8miOrange City Historic DistrictOrange City · Gothic Revival8miOrange City Colored SchoolOrange City · Masonry Vernacular · Built 19278.1miOrange City Town HallOrange City · Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements8.1mi

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. Louis P. Thursby House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Pine Lakes?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Pine Lakes’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

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📜 DeBary📜 Orange City📜 DeLand📜 Lake Helen
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