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Hillsborough County, Florida

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

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101historic places

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1834formed

1,459,762pop. 2020

37cemeteries

2CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 101 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972; 4 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Tampa, Plant City, Ruskin.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

67 of 101 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

101 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Anderson-Frank House	Tampa	Building	1982
Bay Isle Commercial Building	Tampa	Building	1989
Bing Rooming House	Plant City	Building	2002
Centro Asturiano	Tampa	Building	1974
Circulo Cubano de Tampa (Additional Documentation)	Tampa	Building	1972
Cockroach Key	Ruskin	Site	1973
Costa, Dr. Frank J., House	Tampa	Building	2021
Curtis, William E., House	Tampa	Building	1987
Dickman, A.P., House	Ruskin	Building	2000
Downtown Plant City Commercial District	Plant City	District	1993
Downtown Plant City Historic Residential District	Plant City	District	1998
Egmont Key	Tampa	Site	1978
El Centro Espanol de Tampa NHL	Tampa	Building	1988
El Centro Espanol of West Tampa NHL	Tampa	Building	1974
El Pasaje	Tampa	Building	1972
Episcopal House of Prayer	Tampa	Building	1991
Federal Building, U.S. Courthouse, Downtown Postal Station	Tampa	Building	1974
Federal Office Building	Tampa	Building	2022
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Tampa	Tampa	Building	2018
Floridan Hotel	Tampa	Building	1996
Fort Foster	Zephyrhills	Building	1972
Fort Homer W. Hesterly National Guard Armory	Tampa	Building	2013
Gardner, Isaac Sr., House	Tampa	Building	2003
Glover School	Plant City	Building	2001
Guida, George, Sr., House	Tampa	Building	2006
Hampton Terrace Historic District	Tampa	District	1999
Hillsboro State Bank Building	Plant City	Building	1984
Hillsborough County High School, Old	Tampa	Building	2007
House at 100 West Davis Boulevard	Tampa	Building	1989
House at 116 West Davis Boulevard	Tampa	Building	1989
House at 124 Baltic Circle	Tampa	Building	1989
House at 125 Baltic Circle	Tampa	Building	1989
House at 131 West Davis Boulevard	Tampa	Building	1990
House at 132 Baltic Circle	Tampa	Building	1989
House at 161 Bosporous Avenue	Tampa	Building	1989
House at 190 Bosporous Avenue	Tampa	Building	1989
House at 200 Corsica Avenue	Tampa	Building	1989
House at 202 Blanca Avenue	Tampa	Building	1989
House at 220 Blanca Avenue	Tampa	Building	1989
House at 301 Caspian Street	Tampa	Building	1989
House at 36 Aegean Avenue	Tampa	Building	1989
House at 36 Columbia Drive	Tampa	Building	1989
House at 418 Blanca Avenue	Tampa	Building	1989
House at 53 Aegean Avenue	Tampa	Building	1989
House at 59 Aegean Avenue	Tampa	Building	1989
House at 84 Adalia Avenue	Tampa	Building	1989
House at 97 Adriatic Avenue	Tampa	Building	1989
Hutchinson House	Tampa	Building	1977
Hyde Park Historic Districts	Tampa	District	1985
Jackson Rooming House	Tampa	Building	2007
Jackson, Capt. William Parker, House	Tampa	Building	2011
Johnson-Wolff House	Tampa	Building	1974
Kress, S.H., and Co. Building	Tampa	Building	1983
Lafayette Street Bridge	Tampa	Structure	2018
Lamb, A.M., House	Ruskin	Building	2007
LeClaire Apartments	Tampa	Building	1988
Leiman House	Tampa	Building	1974
Lutz Elementary School, Old	Lutz	Building	1996
Masonic Temple No. 25	Tampa	Building	1986
Meacham Elementary School	Tampa	Building	2005
Michigan Avenue Bridge	Tampa	Structure	2017
Miller, George McA., House	Ruskin	Building	1974
Moseley Homestead	Brandon	Building	1985
North Franklin Street Historic District	Tampa	District	2002
North Plant City Residential District	Plant City	District	1993
Oaklawn and St. Louis Cemeteries Historic District	Tampa	District	2017
Old People's Home	Tampa	Building	2000
Old School House	Tampa	Building	1974
Old Tampa Children's Home	Tampa	Building	1999
Original Rogers Park Golf Course Site	Tampa	Site	2014
Palace of Florence Apartments	Tampa	Building	1989
Palmerin Hotel	Tampa	Building	1989
Palmetto Beach Historic District	Tampa	District	2012
Perry Harvey Sr. Park Skateboard Bowl	Tampa	Structure	2013
Plant City High School	Plant City	Building	1981
Plant City Union Depot	Plant City	Building	1975
Robles, Horace T., House	Tampa	Building	2006
Roosevelt Elementary School	Tampa	Building	2006
SS AMERICAN VICTORY (Victory ship)	Tampa	Structure	2002
Seminole Heights Residential District	Tampa	District	1993
Spanish Apartments	Tampa	Building	1989
St. Andrews Episcopal Church	Tampa	Building	2009
Standard Oil Service Station	Plant City	Building	1996
Stovall House	Tampa	Building	1974
Taliaferro, T. C., House	Tampa	Building	1974
Tampa Bay Hotel NHL	Tampa	Building	1972
Tampa City Hall	Tampa	Building	1974
Tampa Free Public Library, Old	Tampa	Building	1991
Tampa Heights Historic District	Tampa	District	1995
Tampa Theater and Office Building	Tampa	Building	1978
Tampania House	Tampa	Building	1985
Temple Terrace Golf Course	Temple Terrace	Site	2012
Turkey Creek High School, Historic	Plant City	Building	2001
U.S.S. NARCISSUS (tugboat) Shipwreck	Crystal River	Structure	2018
Union Depot Hotel, Old	Tampa	Building	2000
Union Railroad Station	Tampa	Building	1974
Upper North Franklin Street Commercial District	Tampa	District	2010
Upper Tampa Bay Archeological District	Tampa	District	1985
West Tampa Historic District	Tampa	District	1983
Ybor City Historic District NHL	Tampa	District	1974
Ybor Factory Building	Tampa	Building	1972

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Hillsborough was formed in 1834 (1834-01-25) from Alachua.

HILLSBOROUGH created by Florida Territory from ALACHUA and non-county area (former Indian lands).

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Hillsborough County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
452	2,981	5,814	36,013	88,257	180,148	249,894	397,788	646,960	998,948	1,459,762

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

37 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 37 of 37 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
American Legion Cemetery	27.94446	-82.50704
Blue Cemetery	27.85487	-82.07871
Centro Asturiano Cemetery	27.98247	-82.39465
Centro Espanol Cemetery	27.97886	-82.40484
Garden of Memories Cemetery	27.97731	-82.41159
Garden of Peace Cemetery	28.03149	-82.12354
Hackney Cemetery	27.87999	-82.31921
Hillsboro Memorial Gardens	27.93615	-82.32135
Hillsboro Memorial Gardens	27.9503	-82.30814
Hopewell Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens	28.01974	-82.1123
Hunter Cemetery	27.84905	-82.10017
Jackson Heights Cemetery	27.97873	-82.41908
Lake Carroll Cemetery	28.05946	-82.48343
Lithia Cemetery	27.85809	-82.16187
Loving Care Cemetery	28.02898	-82.31117
Martin - Colon Cemetery	27.96634	-82.49452
Memorial Park Cemetery	27.98055	-82.4325
Memorial Park Cemetery	28.03709	-82.12829
Memorial Park Cemetery	28.00585	-82.15953
Myrtle Hill Cemetery	27.97971	-82.41106
Myrtle Hill Memorial Park	27.98361	-82.40469
Oak Grove United Methodist Cemetery	28.02135	-82.49147
Oakland Cemetery	27.97946	-82.41898
Oaklawn Cemetery	27.95466	-82.45723
Oaklawn Cemetery	28.03196	-82.12536
Orange Hill Cemetery	27.98641	-82.39982
Rest Haven Memorial Park	28.00251	-82.40786
Robles Cemetery	28.01021	-82.4272
Rose Hill Memorial Park Cemetery	27.98598	-82.40697
Rose Hills Cemetery	27.97668	-82.39703
Ruskin Memorial Gardens	27.6878	-82.42898
Ruskin Memorial Park Cemetery	27.68839	-82.4362
Samford Cemetery	27.84974	-82.33597
Showmans Rest Cemetery	27.97762	-82.46734
Sunset Memory Gardens - Cemetery	28.04455	-82.34182
Woodlawn Cemetery	27.96557	-82.46315
Woodlawn Cemetery	27.97651	-82.46527

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
McQueens Village	27.78364	-82.43315

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Tampa	2,279	8.5 km	FL002
Fort Brooke	6,001	10.7 km	FL004

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

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