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Hillsborough County
County
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Location within the U.S. state of Florida
Florida's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 27°55′N 82°21′W / 27.91°N 82.35°W / 27.91; -82.35
Country	United States
State	Florida
Founded	January 25, 1834
Named for	Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough
Seat	Tampa
Largest city	Tampa
Area
• Total	1,266 sq mi (3,280 km²)
• Land	1,020 sq mi (2,600 km²)
• Water	246 sq mi (640 km²) 19.4%
Population (2020)^[1]
• Total	1,459,762
• Density	1,431/sq mi (553/km²)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Website	www.hillsboroughcounty.org

Hillsborough County is a county in the U.S. state of Florida, and was formed on June 13, 1915. As of 2020, 1,459,762 people lived there.^[1] Hillsborough County's seat is Tampa.

References

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "QuickFacts: Hillsborough County, Florida". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 10, 2023.

Other websites

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Official county website

v t e Municipalities and communities of Hillsborough County, Florida, United States
County seat: Tampa
Cities	Plant City Tampa Temple Terrace
CDPs	Apollo Beach Balm Bealsville Bloomingdale Brandon Carrollwood Cheval Citrus Park Dover East Lake-Orient Park Egypt Lake-Leto Fish Hawk Gibsonton Keystone Lake Magdalene Lutz Mango Northdale Palm River-Clair Mel Pebble Creek Progress Village Riverview Ruskin Seffner Sun City Center Thonotosassa Town 'n' Country University Valrico Westchase Wimauma
Unincorporated communities	Adamsville Alafia Antioch Bay Crest Park Boyette Carrollwood Carrollwood Village Castor Town Clair-Mel City Del Rio Durant East Lake East Tampa Egypt Lake Fort Lonesome Gulf City Hopewell Hopewell Gardens Keysville Knights Lake Fern Leto Lithia North Ruskin Nowatney Orient Park Palm River Pinecrest Port Sutton Rocky Creek Sun City Sweetwater Creek Sydney Turkey Creek
Indian reservation	Tampa Indian Reservation

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