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| Name | Hillsborough |
| Alt names | Hillsboro County | source: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS12030695 | | Hillsborough | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 27.917°N 82.35°W |
| Located in | Florida, United States (1834 - ) |
| See also | Alachua, Florida, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Hernando, Florida, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Manatee, Florida, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Pinellas, Florida, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Polk, Florida, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Hillsborough County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. Its 2010 population was 1,229,226. Its county seat and largest city is Tampa. Hillsborough, together with Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando counties comprise the Tampa-St.Petersburg-Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area, and along with various combinations of Manatee and Sarasota counties to the south, Citrus County to the north, and Polk County to the east is often referred to as the Tampa Bay Area. Hillsborough is the largest county in the metropolitan area, with Tampa forming the region's hub, and the fourth most populous county in Florida.
History
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see also History of Tampa, Florida
Hillsborough County was created on January 25, 1834 from Alachua and Monroe counties. It was named for Wills Hill, the Earl of Hillsborough and British Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1768-1772. The county's original boundaries in 1834 included the present-day counties of Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota. The last significant change in Hillsborough County's borders was the separation of its western section to create Pinellas County in 1911.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1834 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1837 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1840 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1845 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1846 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1846 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1875 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1920 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1840 | 452
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| 1850 | 2,377
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| 1860 | 2,981
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| 1870 | 3,216
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| 1880 | 5,814
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| 1890 | 14,941
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| 1900 | 36,013
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| 1910 | 78,374
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| 1920 | 88,257
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| 1930 | 153,519
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| 1940 | 180,148
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| 1950 | 249,894
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| 1960 | 397,788
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| 1970 | 490,265
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| 1980 | 646,960
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| 1990 | 834,054
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Research Tips
External links
www.hillboroughcounty.org/
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