The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗New Florence was first named "Florence", and under the latter name was platted in 1858, after Florence Lewis, the daughter of a first settler. A post office called New Florence has been in operation since 1858.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how New Florence’s history is told.
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New Florence, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in New Florence is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean New Florence has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Sylvester Marion and Frances Anne Stephens Baker House in Danville, 3.9 miles away.
New Florence and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.