Dan Turner Realtor® 
Prudential Tropical Realty  20537 Amberfield Dr. Land O Lakes, Fl 34638 Office: (813) 949-0000  Cell: (813) 928-2160 
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Centrally located in Hillsbough County, Brandon, (approximately 196 square miles) is one of the fastest growing areas in America.

Its history began on January 20, 1857, when John Brandon arrived at Fort Brooke (now Tampa) from Mississippi with his wife Martha and their six sons. At first he moved his family to what is now the Seffner area. In August 1858, John Brandon purchased 40 acres of land in the New Hope area (now Brandon) south of Hopewell Road (now State Road 60), between Parsons Avenue and Lithia Road. Nine years later, after his wife died, John left everything he owned to his son James Henry Brandon and moved east to Bartow. In 1876 James built a home for his wife  Joanna. It is still standing today and is now Stowers Funeral Home, a well-known landmark on Brandon Boulevard.

Meanwhile, John Brandon remarried a widow named Victoria and moved back to New Hope in 1874. John bought 160 acres and named his land Brandon. John and Victoria´s house was located on what would become the corner of Knights and Victoria Street. Four years later, the New Hope Church was built on land donated by John. Besides being the first church in the community, it also served as Brandon´s first school.

In 1959, the Brandon Chamber of Commerce was formed to help promote business and growth. By the early 1960s, Brandon´s population was 8,000 and it was estimated that one new family moved into town every day. Brandon began spreading out into the bordering communities of Limona, Seffner and Valrico;

By the early 1970s, growth was causing traffic congestion, as approximately 430 commercial and service businesses, 3 malls and a population of 40,000 were all contained with-in a six-mile radius.

In the mid 1970s, Hillsborough Community College moved to Brandon by holding classes at public schools. More indications of the increasing population were the building of Brandon Community Hospital and the Brandon Cultural Center (now the Center Place Fine Arts and Civic Association).

Brandon took off rapidly during the 1980s, as development of the southern section of Brandon brought thousands of new residents. On September 27, 1986, Interstate I-75 began to bring traffic through the Brandon area This dramatically changed the community, and its population reached approximately 100,000 with over 2,500 businesses  by 1988.

Today, the population of Brandon and the neighboring communities of Seffner, Limona, Valrico, Mango, Riverview, Bloomingdale, Durant, Lithia and Dover is about 178,808 with over 62,000 households. Brandon has become a community of young, well-to-do professionals, many of whom commute to Tampa daily. According to the 1990 census, 45.9% have incomes of $75,000 or more a year. The average age of the Brandon population is 34.89 years and 45% of the population over 25 years of age have had some college education or a college degree.

Brandon has grown by leaps and bounds and has become a major urban area. New public schools, malls, corporate centers and industries are opening daily. Brandon surely is a place with great community spirit, and a friendly atmosphere.

 The biggest story for 1995 was the opening of the Brandon TownCenter. Since its opening, the mall has been a catalyst for growth. The Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce is now getting three times as many requests for information from businesses looking to expand in Brandon than it did prior to the Center´s opening. The Brandon TownCenter draws new customers to the area from all over the state due to its special tenant structure and advanced design. It is also a favorite stop form many international visitors. One million shoppers visited the mall during its first 17 days in operation. Brandon´s potential helped the developer to sign up 70% of the mall´s tenants before the $200 million project was even financed. Now, new stores and plazas are popping up all around the mall. Brandon has come a long way from the days of its sole general store.

When you drive through Brandon, you see development everywhere. The demand for new housing grows every day. The community´s borders continue to stretch as the vacant land on the outskirts is used for residential and business development. The Bloomingdale area is expanding rapidly as new developments are built around the Bloomingdale Golf Course. South on Lithia Pinecrest Road is Arvida Riverhills and the FishHawk Trails. Providence, Riverview and other parts of southern Brandon are also drawing new homeowners looking for affordable housing. Brandon has become a community with its own suburbs that stretch for miles.

In its 141 years, Brandon has grown from one family living alone in the wilderness, to an unincorporated thriving community of over 170,000 in Tampa Bay, one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the country. Much has changed in the last three or four decades for Brandon. No longer a quiet country village or a sleepy suburb, it is now a bustling center of commerce. It has proved to be a wonderful place to live and work and its growth is assured as it takes its place among the Tampa Bay area´s most thriving communities. As your real estate professional, allow me the opportunity to show you first hand what the Brandon and surrounding areas have to offer. I am certain you will agree, that the Brandon area would be a candidate for you and your family.

Dan Turner 
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