Age of the Diffrent Villages
 

Any help on info to find out the age of diffrent villages appreciated.
thanks
Charlie

According to Wikipedia "development started in the 1960's"


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Village of Chatham - 2003

I haven't compiled a list yet.
But when I am curious about a village I go to http://www.lylesellsfla.com which shows the MLS listed homes.
I then flip though looking at the legal discription at the bottom or the text till I find one in the village I am looking for and check the year built. Not perfect but works.:shrug:

Are you looking for all villages or some specific locations?

Can give me some insight as to exactly what you are looking for - date first house was sold? Date infrastructure started? Date original plans drafted? Date 40 years ago that the developer sat over in the "Historic District" and decided it would be really cute to buy Florida and establish a lot of villages?

I did a little looking and it can get confusing - many documents never mention the name of a village, just section numbers. But I do think I can give you a pretty good estimate of when houses were first sold in various areas/villages.

Or - if you are looking for a reason to get out and drive around The Villages some gates have an "Established" year posted.

I do know that Orange Blossom Gardens is the oldest. Our home is the sixth home in the Villages.

Sixth home built in TV or your sixth home in TV?

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My Guesstimate
 

This is NOT official, based on my research into the tax rolls, which may be not 100% accurate.

1992 Del Mar (Lake County)
1994 Rio Ponderosa
1995 Rio Grande
1996 de La Vista
1997 Alhambra
1997 Santo Domingo
1999 Santiago
2000 Belle Aire
2001 Springdale (Marion Cty)
2002 Chatham (Marion Cty)
2002 Piedmont (Marion Cty)
2003 Summerhill
2003 Bonnybrook
2003 Calumet Grove (Marion Cty)
2004 Lynnhaven
2004 Winifred
2004 Ashland
2004 Belvedere
2005 Liberty Park
2005 Sunset Pointe
2005 Tall Trees
2005 Poinciana
2005 Virginia Trace
2006 Caroline
2006 Sabal Chase
2006 Mallory Square
2006 Duval
2006 Largo
2007 Amelia
2007 Hadley
2008 Bonita
2008 Hemingway
2008 St Charles

How old is the section with the double-wides?

My mother's was built in '85 on Boone Ct. It is probably one of the newer ones on that side of TV.


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Historic side guesstimate
 

Not nearly as thorough as KayakerNC, but here's my "guess" for broad range of dates on the "historic side"

Village of Orange Blossom Garden late '50's ('59 since it is 50th anniversary, right?) - 1960's
Village of Silver Lake - 1970's
Village of Country Club Hills - 1980's

Our home in OBG was put in in 1973.