Hastings is an unincorporated census-designated place and agricultural center in St. Johns County, Florida, United States, 18 miles (29 km) southwest of St. Augustine.

He needed a local source of fresh vegetables for his guests, so he persuaded Thomas Horace Hastings, his cousin, to develop a farm.

Hastings in 1910 was a thriving town that was a stop on the Florida East Coast Railway.

In addition to farming, two companies manufactured barrels and a grist mill ground grain.

[6] Today the former FEC line is part of the Palatka-to-St. Augustine State Trail, and a trailhead can be found in the community within the Cora C. Harrison Preserve.

[7] On November 7, 2017, the voters of Hastings elected to dissolve the city with an 82% majority vote.

[9] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town had a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2), all land.

[14] The Hastings High School was built in 1924 to provide education for the children of the farmers in the southwest corner of the county.

[15] In 1985 it closed,[16] and the Hastings Branch of the St. Johns County Public Library is located in this building.