Hillsborough County, Florida

                                                                                                                        
Located along Floridas
west coast and the Gulf of Mexico, is the county of Hillsborough. Not only is the City of Tampa in Hillsborough County, but places like historic Ybor City and Mcdill Airforce base can be found there too.

Hillsborough County is also home to the Super Bowl Champians theTampa Bay Buccaneers,and Stanley Cup Winners the Tampa Bay Lightning.
 
Here you find links to Hillsborough County Subdivisions, Hillsborough County MLS, Hillsborough County golf courses, Hillsborough County builders, Hillsborough County beaches, Hillsborough County airports, Hillsborough County Parks, and much more. Below is a brief history of Hillsborough County.

Hillsborough County, which takes its name from the British Colonial Secretary of 1772, was first mapped and explored by the Spanish in the early 16th century. Between 1559 and 1819, the area now called Florida was under the rule of four nations: Spain, France, Great Britain and, finally, the United States The United States purchased Florida from Spain in 1821 for $5 million.

In 1845, it was granted statehood. And, on Jan. 25, 1834, the U.S. Legislative Council for the Territory of Florida approved an act organizing Hillsborough as Florida's 19th county. At that time, Hillsborough County was a sprawling area that included what is now Pinellas, Polk, Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee and Highlands counties, most of Glades and a third of Lee. But despite that size, Hillsborough's population only numbered 836, not counting soldiers or Native Americans, according to S.P. Sparkman, the census taker at that time.

When the first Commissioners met in 1846, the general topics were taxes, transportation, a new court house and jail, and downtown development. The county tax for 1846 was fixed at 50 percent of the amount assessed by the state, and that assessment raised $148.69 that year. Pay for Commissioners was set at $2 per day while in session.