History of Pasco County, Florida

RECENT UPDATES: Jeff Miller was the digital archivist for WPHS for many years, and made it clear that his Fivay.org website was intended to be in the public domain. After Jeff’s death in 2022, the WPHS migrated all of his fivay.org pages to the WPHS website at westpascomuseum.org. On November 7, 2026, the West Pasco Historical Society (WPHS) legally acquired ownership of Jeff Miller‘s Fivay.org domain and website. Search requests for pages at fivay.org are now redirected to the equivalent pages on the WPHS westpascomuseum.org website. Merging the content of fivay.org into our westpascomuseum.org website helps to preserve the legacy of Jeff Miller, and allows us to update and augment the historical data pages as needed.

MAIN ARTICLES: Timeline – Early Residents – History of Education – Origins of Place Names – Historical Markers – Webb’s Florida (1885) – Florida Gazetteer (1886-87) – The Genesis of New Port Richey (1924) – History of Pasco County (1943) – Early Hernando County History

OTHER ARTICLES: Anclote – Aripeka – Bailey’s Bluff – Baker House – Bethany Baptist Church – Bird Racks in the Gulf of Mexico – Blanton – Bradley Massacre – Winifred Bridge – Archie J. Burnside – Johnny Cash – Chasco Fiesta – Chasco Inn Building – Chipco – Clay Sink (Slaughter) – Clay Sink (north of Darby) – Community Congregational Church – County Commission – Court House – Crystal Springs – Cumpressco (Sumter County) – Dade City – Dade City Banner – Dade City First Baptist Church – Dade City First Presbyterian Church – Dade City First United Methodist Church – Dade City Churches – Dade City Garden Club – Dade City Library – Dade City German POW’s – Darby – Dixon’s Hill – Dupree Gardens – Ehren – Elfers – Elfers Baptist Churches – Ellerslie – Emmaus Baptist Church – Fire Departments of Western Pasco – Fivay – Fort King Road – Gowers Corner – Green Key – Greer – Gulf Harbors – Hacienda Hotel – J. A. Hendley – Herndon – Joe Herrmann – Hudson – Hurricane of 1921 – Jessamine – Joy-Lan Drive-In Theater – Lacoochee – Lake Iola – Lake Pasadena Area – Land O’ Lakes – Lanier Bridge – Loyce – Medical Services – Meighan/Richey Suncoast Theatre – Military Service – Mohr/Roosevelt – Moon Lake – Native Americans – New Port Richey – New Port Richey/Hollywood – New Port Richey First Baptist Church – New Port Richey Library – New Port Richey Police Chiefs – New Port Richey Press – New Port Richey – Wilcox – O’Berry Family – Obituary Database – Odessa – Orange Lake – Our Lady, Queen of Peace – Overstreets/Moonshining – Owensboro – Pasco Baptist Church – Gerard Pilz, O. S. B. – Pine Hill – Pine Hill Cemetery – Port Richey – Port Richey Community Church – Port Richey First Baptist Church – Post Offices – Railroads – Richland-Lumberton-Tuckertown – Saint Joseph – Saint Leo – Salt Springs – Samuel Pasco – San Antonio – San Antonio (Herrmann) – Sand Hill Baptist Church – Sand Pond – Sapling Woods – Gene Sarazen in NPR – Sass Hotel/Enchantment Inn – Seven Springs – Sheriff – James Irvin Spivey – Stilt Houses – Sumner Family – Surveyors – Tarpon Springs (Pinellas Co.) – Telephone Service – Townsend House Church – Trilacoochee (Trilcoochee) – Trilby – Trilby Baptist Church – Turpentine – Father Felix Ullrich – Wesley Chapel – WGUL – Whitehurst-Whidden-Stevenson Feud – Zephyrhills – Zephyrhills Historical Association Newsletters – Various Articles –

This web site is maintained by Archivist, West Pasco Historical Society.