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St. Lucie County, Florida

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—newspaper titles

—digitized titles

16historic places

—earliest paper

1905formed

329,226pop. 2020

5cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 16 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Fort Pierce, Ft. Pierce, White City.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Florida is not yet loaded on this site. Browse St. Lucie titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

7 of 16 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

16 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Arcade Building	Fort Pierce	Building	2001
Casa Caprona	Ft. Pierce	Building	1984
Cresthaven	Ft. Pierce	Building	1985
Fort Pierce City Hall, Old	Fort Pierce	Building	2001
Fort Pierce Old Post Office	Fort Pierce	Building	2002
Fort Pierce Site	Fort Pierce	Site	1974
Frere, Jules, House	Fort Pierce	Building	1995
Hammond, Captain, House	White City	Building	1990
Hurston, Zora Neale, House NHL	Fort Pierce	Building	1991
Immokolee	Fort Pierce	Building	1994
Moores Creek Bridge	Fort Pierce	Structure	2001
St. Anastasia Catholic School, Old	Fort Pierce	Building	2000
St. Lucie High School	Fort Pierce	Building	1984
St. Lucie Village Historic District	St. Lucie Village	District	1989
Sunrise Theatre	Fort Pierce	Building	2001
URCA DE LIMA (shipwreck)	Ft. Pierce	Site	2001

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

St. Lucie was formed in 1905 (1905-07-01) from Brevard.

ST. LUCIE created from BREVARD.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

St. Lucie County population from 1910 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1910	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
4,075	7,886	11,871	20,180	39,294	87,182	192,695	329,226

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

5 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 5 of 5 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Garden of Heavenly Rest Cemetery	27.46782	-80.34213
Hillcrest Memorial Gardens	27.5457	-80.36571
Pine Grove Cemetery	27.45934	-80.33412
Riverview Memorial Park	27.46005	-80.33027
White City Cemetery and Mausoleum	27.39527	-80.33911

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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