The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusPonce Inlet is a town in Volusia County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, as well as the Halifax area. The population was 3,364 at the 2020 census. The town of Ponce Inlet is located on the southern tip of a barrier island, south of Daytona Beach and Daytona Beach Shores. Several marinas are located in Ponce Inlet. The community is known for its strict land use regulations.
Ponce Inlet was established in 1963. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 3,032 to 3,364 (+11%). Half of its homes were built before 1993.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ponce Inlet 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.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Ponce Inlet’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ponce Inlet’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewPonce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse, 1980: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Ponce Inlet
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Ponce Inlet, decade by decade
1990s
4 historic places in Ponce Inlet
4 places in Ponce Inlet are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier, which fewer than 3% of listings reach.
Where they are
When they were listed
LandmarkListed 1972Ponce De Leon Inlet Lightstation
Listed 2015Meyer-Davis House-Hasty CottageListed 2020Green MoundListed 2020Pacetti HotelThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse (1980) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4), the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.