Age of the Villages
 

A previous post asked about the age of some of the newer villages. I had seen a post about the age of all villages and even had printed it out, but I could not find it through the search feature on TOTV. I found the printed version and it was compiled originally by KayakerNC. I made some additions and here it is......any mistakes are, of course, Kayaker's fault. This is not "OFFICIAL", and I beleive they are begin dates.

Pre- 1990 Orange Blossom Gardens; Silver Lake; Country Club Hills
1990 Mira Mesa
1992 DelMar
1992 El Cortez
1994 Rio Ponderosa
1995 Rio Grande
1996 De La Vista
1996 Palo Alto
1996 Hacienda
1997 Alhambra
1997 Santo Domingo
1998 Rio Ranchero
1998 La Zamora
1998 La Reynalda
1999 Valle Verde
1999 Santiago
2000 Tierra Del Sol
2000 Belle Aire
2000 Polo Ridge
2001 Springdale
2001 Harmeswood
2002 Chatham
2002 Briar Meadow
2002 Calumet Grove
2002 Woodbury
2002 Piedmont
2002 Glenbrook
2002 Summerhill
2004 Lynnhaven
2004 Ashland
2004 Winfred
2004 Belvedere
2004 Bonnybrook
2005 Bridgeport at Lake Miona
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 Bridgeport at Sumter Landing
2006 Largo
2007 Amelia
2008 Bonita
2008 Bridgeport Creekside Landing
2008 Hadley
2008 Hemingway
2009 St. Charles
2010 Bridgeport
2010 Pennecamp
2010 Buttonwood
2011 Tamarind Grove
2011 St. James
2011 Sanibel
2012 Fernandina
2012 Charlotte

No Hadley?
 

Hadley not in list. Did not check to see if others are missing.

Hadley 08 - I will edit and add it

Anyone know the age of a village not listed - post it and I will edit the list.

It is now, thanks.

Wow, Ed. Very nice of you to reconstruct this.
:BigApplause:

The original villages in Lake County are not on the list. I think they are Villages of Country Club Hills, Orange Blossom and Silver Lake. Not sure of a timeline, but bet someone knows.

Thanks again!

Thanks Phyllis, I did not look up the ones in lake county, if someone else wants to fill me in, I will update.

Ditto what P said, Ed! Good job - thanks for posting the info!

Bill :)

Oh, in addition to the original ones in Lake County north of 27/441, there are some in Lake County south of 27/441. Again, don't know the origin dates. These Villages are:

El Cortez
Oak Meadows
La Reynalda
Valley Verde
Maramesa
La Zamora
Spring Arbor

Anyone know the dates???

The ones I looked up and added to the list were found like this.........I went to the villages pre-owned real estate site and searched for homes in XXX village. I then clicked on a listing and copied the address. I pasted the address in the Sumter or Marion County tax site. The search produced the year built, among other info. I did not look up the lake county site, if it exists.

thanks, in looking for resales this very helpful,

I believe La Zamora and La Renalda were started in 1998 and Valley Verde in 1999

the beginning of The Villages
 

Harold Schwartz, a Michigan businessman, began selling land tracts via mail order in The Villages area in the 1960s. Unfortunately for Schwartz and his business partner Al Tarrson, a Federal law in 1968 banned mail order sales of real estate.[5]
Stuck with considerable portions of Florida land, in the early 1970s Schwartz and Tarrson began development of a mobile home park, Orange Blossom Gardens, in the northwestern corner of Lake County. By the early 1980s, though, the community had sold only 400 units. In an attempt to improve the business, Schwartz decided to buy out Tarrson's interest and bring his son, H. Gary Morse, on board in 1983.
Morse noted that the successful retirement communities (such as Del Webb's Sun City developments) offered considerable numbers of well-maintained amenities to the residents and were also surrounded by diverse amounts of nearby commercial development. Thus, Morse began to significantly upgrade the development, which worked out well – the mid-1980s saw improvement in sales, and Schwartz then began to buy large tracts of land in nearby Sumter and Marion counties for future expansion.
Morse officially changed the overall development name to The Villages in 1992. The development is still controlled in all major aspects by descendants of Schwartz and Morse.
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Polo ridge began in 2000.