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Hillsborough County Public Schools ( HCPS) is a school district that runs the public school system of Hillsborough County in west central Florida and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida, United States. It is frequently referred to as the School District of Hillsborough County ( SDHC ). The district serves all of Hillsborough County. [4]
The West Tampa Free Public Library, more recently the West Tampa Branch Library, is a historic building in the West Tampa National Historic District in Tampa, Florida. [1] It was the first public library in Hillsborough County, Florida, when it opened on Main and Howard Avenue in 1914. [2] The library is a historic link between the ...
The Jan Kaminis Platt Regional Library is part of the Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System (THPL), as well as a member of the Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative (HCPLC). The library is a 25,000 sq. ft. facility located at 3910 S. Manhattan Ave. in Tampa, Florida. The library provides books, magazines, DVDs, music, and ...
Suncoast Credit Union. Suncoast Credit Union is a credit union headquartered in Tampa, Florida. The credit union formed in 1934 to originally serve teachers in Hillsborough County and later expanded to serve school employees within the state's suncoast region. Since December 2013, the credit union is open to anyone who lives, works, attends ...
Tampa Bypass Canal. Coordinates: 27.942°N 82.414°W. The Tampa Bypass Canal and Palm River [1] [2] are a 14-mile-long (23 km) flood bypass operated by the Southwest Florida Water Management District. The canal includes several concrete flood control structures and was constructed during the 1960s and 1970s.
Hillsborough County was created on January 25, 1834, from Alachua and Monroe Counties, [6] during the U.S. territorial period (1822–1845). The new county was named for Wills Hill, the Earl of Hillsborough, who served as British Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1768 to 1772. [7] The County was created through efforts by Augustus Steele.
Channelside Academy of Math and Science (K-5) Channelside Middle School (6-8) Community Charter Middle School of Excellence. Cristo Rey Tampa High School ( Panther) Florida Autism Charter School of Excellence. Focus Academy. Henderson Hammock. Hillsborough Academy of Math and Science. Hope Preparatory Academy.
Edward Medard Park and Preserve, originally known as Pleasant Grove Reservoir Park, is located south of Plant City, Florida, on Turkey Creek Road in Hillsborough County, Florida. The 1,284-acre (5.20 km 2) park just north of Durant, Florida was the site of phosphate mining in the 1960s by the American Cyanamid Company, before the land was ...