Establishment of the village
 

Important source of assistance among other things, the historical data mentioned below, is the book «Ιστορικά και Λαογραφικά Πευκοφύτου Καρδίτσας» which was written by Mr. Ilias Tibas and published with the support of association «The Anaplasis».

The foundation of our village with historical data is difficult to establish and identify a specific time. However, a more likely time this particular geographical area should have been inhabited is at least the 16th century. Information leading to this conclusion is the following:

i) All mountain villages near Mouzaki, located at a similar altitude area, appear to be inhabited by historical data between the 15th and 16th century.

ii) The church of Saint John was built in the same place with  the remainders of  an older church In the same place there was two oaks estimated to be at least 300 years. During  the excavation in 1977 for building a new church, observed that the roots of the two oak trees stood on the foundations of the ruined temple, which shows that the temple existed before them.

iii) The most important element which is historically confirmed, is a manual record in a donation intention of the Holy Monastery "Dusiko" which was published in the 20th volume of "Θεσσαλικού Ημερολογίου" by the author Kon. Spanos. The intention as stated within, began to be written in 1530 AD and completed in 1688 AD containing 4,290 names of individuals and monks coming from villages throughout the area of Thessaly. In page  49b and with serial number 136 (which means it is close to 1530 AD due to small S / N) indicated the following. I quote the full text:

«α/α 136 Νεβροβούνιστα.

Γεωργίου, Φράγγου̉, Ιωάννου, Πλούμπος (ως), Αγώρος (ως)

Πελαγίας μοναχῇς »

But today villagers are probably not descendants of those people who settled in the area (as it is supposed) in the 16th century. In the early 20th century, just before the revolution of 1821, it seems that under the persecution of the Turks all the inhabitants had to leave our village  and move to a lower point, so as to be under control by Turks. Shortly after that and according to oral sources, it seems to arrive in the village the first families (descendants probably of these most current residents) coming either from Messolongi after its fall in 1826 or from the mainland (Ipiros) chased by Ali Pasha. These first families were: Tsitsonis, Athanasiu, Apostolakopoulou, Plitharas, Koutsogiannis, Dimitrakopoulos and later Kourtis and Tibas.

The village remained under Turkish control until 1881 . Then there was war for liberation and although  there is not enough evidence it seems that most of the residents participated actively. In Asia Major Disaster in 1922 participated and gave their lives as follows: Costas D. Dimitrakopoulos, George Eyagg. Papapostolou, Christos G. Panayiotou, Dimitrios V. Dimitrakopoulos, George N. Zachos, Nicholas C. Apostolakopoulos, Vasileios Kon. Apostolakopoulos.

In 1918 about 35 people died as a result of an  influenza pademic. It was probably the "Spanish flu" that challenged globally 20% of the population and caused 50 million deaths.

In 1926 a significant land subsidence in Varka, Lakes and Panagia area caused major damage  to the properties but luckily without human loss (the watermill of Anastasios Tsitsonis  had been covered completely by the earth). The damage to the properties was such a big and under the pressure of suffered people, the government decided  to provide  arable land in Kranona Larissa and  relocate them there. Alongside reforestation and flood control projects took place in the area. The same geological phenomenon repeated  in the same place in March 1994, but with less damage to homes and fields

At the beginning of Second World War, in 1941 two residents Tsitsirigos Dimitrios worked as teacher  and Bordouvalis Polychronis fell to homeland. A few months later   hunger that plagues the entire country, resulted to death of about 30 people mostly young children and the elderly. The end of Second World War was followed by the 1946-1949 Civil War and death toll this time were:  (Anthony Eyagg. Evangelou, Panayiotis V. Kourtis, Socrates B. Tsitsonis, Sofia D. Trihia, Lazarus Ch. Kourtis).

The end of civil war found the whole county in ruins so was my village. As with almost all villages of the province a few jerky movements made by individuals and organizations without central guidance did not reverse the climate, so migration either in major cities or abroad increased rapidly.                                  

Administrative changes in Pefkofyto community over the years

In the following table, you can see the administrative changes made essentially after the liberation of the whole  Thessaly by the Turks in 1881 until today.

Monuments of the village

From historical perspective, there is an old stone arched bridge named "Palaiokamara" work of the Holy Vissarionos again according to the tradition, which spans the river Pamissos located 2.5 km from Mouzaki and it visible from the road to Argithea. In "Palaia Theotokos" area archaeological research has found the foundations of an old church with mosaic floors while at "Vamvakies" place there are two stone mills. Finally, reference has to be made to the efforts of the Progressive Association of Pefkofyto «The Anaplasis» to gather old traditional items for the creation of a folklore museum.                                                                   

Population changes in our village

In the table below you can see the population growth of our village from the late 19th century until today. It should be emphasized that these figures refer to the official census data.

Churches of our village

Church of the Apostles Peter and Paul is the oldest in Pefkofyto, built in 1952 on a smaller church that dates back to 1863. The church is now thoroughly hagiographed. In the new church you can find icons removed from the old temple with creation year back in 1772.

There are also newer churches built mostly by Christians offerings : Panagias (1967, old church pre-existed), Saint Athanasius (1972), the Prophet Elias (1973), Saint John (1977, old church pre-existed) Agia Paraskevi (1978), the Holy Apostles (1978) and the Zoodoxou Pigis (1980).                                                   

Former presidents of our village from 1922 until incorporation in the municipality Mouzaki

Former teachers in our village since 1940

Former field officers of our village