Port Orange’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Port Orange. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from the U.S. CensusBetween the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 56,048 to 62,596 (+12%). Half of its homes were built before 1989.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Port Orange yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Port Orange’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Port Orange’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewGiant at Port Orange, the largest…, 1905: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Port Orange
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Port Orange, decade by decade
1930s
![Florida [Sarasota County (part) - Washington County] -- Georgia [Appling County - Effingham County (part)]](https://images.towntapestry.org/story/2433/9c4fbd4de20154b4d3db-s.jpg)
1990s
5 historic places in Port Orange
Port Orange has 5 listings on the National Register, and they protect 26 historic buildings, because Dunlawton Avenue Historic District alone counts 17.
Where they are
When they were listed
Listed 1973Dunlawton Plantation-Sugar Mill Ruins
Listed 1993Gamble Place Historic District
Listed 1998Dunlawton Avenue Historic District
Listed 1998Grace Episcopal Church and Guild Hall
Listed 1998Port Orange Florida East Coast Railway Freight DepotThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Giant at Port Orange, the largest and oldest tree in Florida (1905) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.