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Hillsborough County Courthouse, c. 1891 Hillsborough County Courthouse and Confederate Monument in Tampa Hillsborough County was created on January 25, 1834, from Alachua and Monroe Counties, [ 6 ] during the U.S. territorial period (1822–1845).
1 Following the lapse of the city charter in October 1869, Hillsborough County took over responsibility for providing principal services. However, Tampa needed some form of municipal government to monitor the services being provided by the county and the state. As a result, a municipal election was held on July 6, 1870, in which Henderson was ...
Tampa's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and the county seat of Hillsborough County. With an estimated population of 403,364 in 2023, Tampa is the 49th-most populous city in the country and the third-most populous city in Florida after Jacksonville ...
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit established. Population: 271,523. [21] 1981 – Feeding America Tampa Bay active (approximate date). [28] 1982 – Foreign trade zone [29] [30] and Ybor City Museum Society [25] established. 1984 – Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System established. [17] 1986 – Barnett Plaza (hi-rise) built. 1987
Nicholas Chillura Nuccio (October 24, 1901 – August 26, 1989) was a two-time mayor of Tampa, Florida in the 1950s and 60s. He was the Tampa's first mayor of "Latin" (specifically Sicilian) descent, having been born and raised in the immigrant neighborhood of Ybor City.
Yet that farcical promise is driving a timeline to change the makeup of Hillsborough County government. This should be a nonstarter if county commissioners move forward. Republican commissioners ...
The Tampa City Council is the legislative body of the municipal government of the U.S. city of Tampa, in Hillsborough County, Florida.The City Council consists of seven members, each representing one of seven corresponding districts from which they were elected.
TAMPA — In a city where 26 percent of the population is Latino, just over 18 percent of Tampa’s municipal workforce is Hispanic. As you move up the organizational chart, the disparity persists ...