Hillsborough County History
Hillsborough County is located in West Central Florida and is a growing
metropolis with sunny beaches, amusement parks and nature at its best.
Florida was granted statehood in 1845 and on the 25 Jan 1834, the U.S.
Legislative Council for the Territory of Florida approved organizing
Hillsborough as it's 19th county, being created from Alachua and Monroe
counties.
for other purposes; approved 25th day of January, 1834.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the governor and Legislative Council
of the Territory of Florida, that the district of country bounded as
follows, to-wit, on the north by Alachua County, a line running east
and west from the Indian village of Toachatka, 40 miles from Tampa,
east by Mosquito County, south by Monroe County, and west by the Gulf of
Mexico, shall constitute a county to be called Hillsborough."
of 1772, Lord Hillsborough. Between 1559 and 1819, Florida was under
the rule of four nations; Spain, France, Great Britain and the United States.
In 1821 the United States purchased Florida from Spain for $5 million.
Tampa, Florida Circa. 1908
Tampa 1898 and 1930
Brief histories of the towns and cities in and around Hillsborough County, Florida
Bealsville
Bloomingdale
Boyette
Branchton
Brandon
Citrus Park
Coronet
Dover
Fort Lonesome
Gibsonton
Gulf City
Harney
Hopewell
Keysville
Lake Fern
Lillibridge
Lithia
Lutz
Magdalene
Mango
Peru
Picnic
Riverview
Ruskin
Seffner
Springhead
Sun City
Thonotosassa
Turkey Creek
Wimauma
present and future inhabitants. Some of the first Pioneer families were
the Collier, Haskins, Ferris, Jackson and Givens families. After the
Civil War, families settled here from Alabama, Georgia and other southern,
as well as Northern states. Families such as the Buzbees, Burnhams, Simmons,
Hewett were also prominent in the area. They settled in the Ruskin, Riverview
and Alafia area of the county.
welcome any information regarding the Buzbee's, Hewett's, Swilley's, Pitts's,
and Coker's in Florida, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.