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Hillsborough River (Florida)

Index Hillsborough River (Florida)

The Hillsborough River is a river located in the state of Florida in the United States. [1]

78 relations: American Civil War, Aquifer, Armed Occupation Act, Bertha Palmer, Blackwater Creek (Hillsborough County, Florida), British colonization of the Americas, Busch Gardens, Crystal Springs, Florida, CSX Transportation, Del Rio, Florida, Drawbridge, East Florida, Florida, Florida State Parks, Florida State Road 39, Florida State Road 41, Florida State Road 574, Florida State Road 579, Florida State Road 580, Florida State Road 582, Florida State Road 583, Florida State Road 60, Fort Brooke, Fort Foster, Fort King, Garrison Channel, Gloria Jahoda, Green Swamp (Florida), Henry B. Plant Museum, Hernando de Soto, Hillsborough Avenue, Hillsborough County, Florida, Hillsborough River State Park, Indian Removal Act, Interstate 275 (Florida), Interstate 75 in Florida, Jean Street Shipyard, Lee Roy Selmon Expressway, Lettuce Lake Park, List of Outstanding Florida Waters, Live oak, Muscogee, Ocala, Florida, Pasco County, Florida, Pánfilo de Narváez, Pension, Pinus palustris, Polk County, Florida, River, River of the Golden Ibis, ..., Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, Secretary of State for the Colonies, Seminole, Seminole Heights, Southwest Florida Water Management District, Special routes of U.S. Route 41, Sulphur Springs (Tampa), Sulphur Springs Water Tower, Surveying, Swing bridge, Tampa Bay, Tampa Bypass Canal, Tampa, Florida, Taxodium distichum, Temple Crest, Temple Terrace, Florida, Thonotosassa, Florida, Tocobaga, U.S. Route 301 in Florida, U.S. Route 41 in Florida, U.S. Route 92, U.S. Route 98 in Florida, United Kingdom, United States territory, University of South Florida, Water trail, Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, ZooTampa at Lowry Park. Expand index (28 more) »

American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Aquifer

An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock, rock fractures or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, or silt).

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Armed Occupation Act

The Florida Armed Occupation Act of 1842 was passed as an incentive to populate Florida.

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Bertha Palmer

Bertha Palmer (May 22, 1849 – May 5, 1918) was an American businesswoman, socialite, and philanthropist.

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Blackwater Creek (Hillsborough County, Florida)

Blackwater Creek travels through part of Hillsborough County, Florida.

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British colonization of the Americas

The British colonization of the Americas (including colonization by both the English and the Scots) began in 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia, and reached its peak when colonies had been established throughout the Americas.

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Busch Gardens

Busch Gardens is the name of two amusement parks in the United States, owned and operated by SeaWorld Entertainment.

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Crystal Springs, Florida

Crystal Springs is a hydrological spring and a census-designated place (CDP) in Pasco County, Florida, United States.

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CSX Transportation

CSX Transportation is a Class I railroad operating in the eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

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Del Rio, Florida

Del Rio is an unincorporated, urban community in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States, between Tampa and Temple Terrace, near the Hillsborough River.

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Drawbridge

A drawbridge or draw-bridge is a type of movable bridge typically associated with the entrance of a castle and a number of towers, surrounded by a moat.

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East Florida

East Florida (Florida Oriental) was a colony of Great Britain from 1763 to 1783 and a province of Spanish Florida from 1783 to 1821.

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Florida

Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States.

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Florida State Parks

The Florida State Parks encompass the majority of the lands that fall under the authority of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

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Florida State Road 39

State Road 39 (SR 39) is a north–south state highway in eastern Pasco and Hillsborough County, Florida, United States.

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Florida State Road 41

State Road 41, not to be confused with U.S. Route 41 is the secret designation for U.S. Route 301 between Temple Terrace and Zephyrhills, Florida.

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Florida State Road 574

State Road 574 (SR 574) is an east–west state highway in Central Hillsborough County, Florida.

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Florida State Road 579

The current State Road 579 (SR 579) is a stretch of Fletcher Avenue between Florida Avenue and Nebraska Avenue in Tampa, Florida.

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Florida State Road 580

A major east–west highway serving northern Pinellas and central Hillsborough County, Florida, State Road 580 (SR 580) is a major commercial and commuter route.

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Florida State Road 582

State Road 582 (SR 582) is an east–west state highway in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States.

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Florida State Road 583

State Road 583 (SR 583) is a -long, north–south highway that travels from Tampa to Temple Terrace in Hillsborough County, Florida.

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Florida State Road 60

State Road 60 (SR 60) is an east–west route transversing Florida from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean.

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Fort Brooke

Fort Brooke was a historical military post situated on the east bank (at the mouth) of the Hillsborough River in present-day Tampa, Florida.

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Fort Foster

Fort Foster (now known as Fort Foster Historic Site) was a fort in central Florida, located 9 miles (5.6 km) south of current-day Zephyrhills in Pasco County.

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Fort King

Fort King (also known as Camp King or Cantonment King) was a United States military fort in north central Florida, near what later developed as the city of Ocala.

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Garrison Channel

The Garrison Channel is one of several channels for boat traffic in and around the Port of Tampa in the City of Tampa, Florida.

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Gloria Jahoda

Gloria Jahoda (October 6, 1926 – January 13, 1980) was an American author of fiction and non-fiction, including literature for young readers.

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Green Swamp (Florida)

The Green Swamp is a swamp in Florida.

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Henry B. Plant Museum

The Henry B. Plant Museum is located in the south wing of Plant Hall on the University of Tampa's campus, at 401 West Kennedy Boulevard.

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Hernando de Soto

Hernando de Soto (1495 – May 21, 1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the first Spanish and European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States (through Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and most likely Arkansas).

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Hillsborough Avenue

Hillsborough Avenue is a major east–west arterial road in Hillsborough County, Florida, also designated as State Road 580, U.S. Highway 41 or U.S. Highway 92 in various places.

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Hillsborough County, Florida

Hillsborough County is a county in the U.S. state of Florida.

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Hillsborough River State Park

Hillsborough River State Park is located in the northeast corner of Hillsborough County, Florida near Zephyrhills (which is itself in Pasco County).

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Indian Removal Act

The Indian Removal Act was signed by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830.

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Interstate 275 (Florida)

Interstate 275 (I-275), located in Florida, is a highway, long, serving the Tampa Bay Area.

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Interstate 75 in Florida

Interstate 75 (I-75) is a part of the Interstate Highway System and runs from the Hialeah–Miami Lakes border, a few miles northwest of Miami, to Sault Ste. Marie in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

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Jean Street Shipyard

Jean Street Shipyard (established 1843) is a shipyard in the United States, located on the Hillsborough River in Tampa, Florida.

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Lee Roy Selmon Expressway

The Lee Roy Selmon Expressway, originally known as the Southern Crosstown Expressway is a all-electronic, limited access toll road in Hillsborough County, Florida, It connects the South Tampa neighborhood near MacDill Air Force Base with Downtown Tampa and the bedroom community of Brandon.

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Lettuce Lake Park

Lettuce Lake Park is a Hillsborough County-run park just outside the city limits of Tampa, Florida.

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List of Outstanding Florida Waters

Outstanding Florida Waters are rivers, lakes and other water features designated by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) under authority of Section 403.061 (27), Florida Statutes as "worthy of special protection because of their natural attributes." Outstanding Florida Waters have special restrictions on any new activities that would lower water quality or otherwise degrade the body of water.

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Live oak

Live oak or evergreen oak is any of a number of oaks in several different sections of the genus Quercus that share the characteristic of evergreen foliage.

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Muscogee

The Muscogee, also known as the Mvskoke, Creek and the Muscogee Creek Confederacy, are a related group of Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands.

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Ocala, Florida

Ocala is a city located in Marion County, Florida, which is part of the northern region of the state.

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Pasco County, Florida

Pasco County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida.

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Pánfilo de Narváez

Pánfilo de Narváez (147?–1528) was a Spanish conquistador and soldier in the Americas.

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Pension

A pension is a fund into which a sum of money is added during an employee's employment years, and from which payments are drawn to support the person's retirement from work in the form of periodic payments.

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Pinus palustris

Pinus palustris, commonly known as the longleaf pine, is a pine native to the Southeastern United States, found along the coastal plain from East Texas to southern Maryland, extending into northern and central Florida.

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Polk County, Florida

Polk County is located in the U.S. state of Florida.

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River

A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river.

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River of the Golden Ibis

River of the Golden Ibis is a book about the Hillsborough River in Florida by Gloria Jahoda.

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Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899

The Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899 is the oldest federal environmental law in the United States.

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Secretary of State for the Colonies

The Secretary of State for the Colonies or Colonial Secretary was the British Cabinet minister in charge of managing the United Kingdom's various colonial dependencies.

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Seminole

The Seminole are a Native American people originally from Florida.

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Seminole Heights

Seminole Heights is a historic neighborhood and district located in central Tampa.

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Southwest Florida Water Management District

The Southwest Florida Water Management District (or SWFWMD, unofficially nicknamed as “Swiftmud” based on the acronym), is one of five regional agencies directed by Florida state law to protect and preserve water resources.

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Special routes of U.S. Route 41

Several special routes of U.S. Route 41 exist.

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Sulphur Springs (Tampa)

Sulphur Springs is a neighborhood and district located within the city limits of Tampa, Florida.

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Sulphur Springs Water Tower

Sulphur Springs Water Tower is a landmark of Tampa, Florida.

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Surveying

Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, and science of determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them.

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Swing bridge

A swing bridge is a movable bridge that has as its primary structural support a vertical locating pin and support ring, usually at or near to its center of gravity, about which the turning span can then pivot horizontally as shown in the animated illustration to the right.

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Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay is a large natural harbor and shallow estuary connected to the Gulf of Mexico on the west central coast of Florida, comprising Hillsborough Bay, McKay Bay, Old Tampa Bay, Middle Tampa Bay, and Lower Tampa Bay.

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Tampa Bypass Canal

The Tampa Bypass Canal and Palm River are a flood bypass operated by the Southwest Florida Water Management District.

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Tampa, Florida

Tampa is a major city in, and the county seat of, Hillsborough County, Florida, United States.

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Taxodium distichum

Taxodium distichum (bald cypress, cypress, southern-cypress, white-cypress, tidewater red-cypress, Gulf-cypress, red-cypress, or swamp cypress) is a deciduous conifer in the family Cupressaceae that grows on saturated and seasonally inundated soils in the lowlands of the Southeastern and Gulf Coastal Plains of the United States.

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Temple Crest

Temple Crest is a neighborhood and district located in northeastern part of Tampa, Florida.

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Temple Terrace, Florida

Temple Terrace is an incorporated city in northeastern Hillsborough County, Florida, United States, adjacent to Tampa.

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Thonotosassa, Florida

Thonotosassa is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States.

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Tocobaga

Tocobaga (occasionally Tocopaca) was the name of a chiefdom, its chief, and its principal town during the 16th century.

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U.S. Route 301 in Florida

U.S. Route 301 in Florida runs from the Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area northeast to the Greater Jacksonville Metropolitan Area.

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U.S. Route 41 in Florida

U.S. Route 41 (US 41) in the U.S. state of Florida is a north–south United States Highway.

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U.S. Route 92

U.S. Route 92 is a 181-mile (291 km.) intrastate U.S. Route in the U.S. state of Florida.

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U.S. Route 98 in Florida

U.S. Route 98 (US 98) is an east-west United States highway that runs from the Alabama-Florida state line to southern Florida.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United States territory

United States territory is any extent of region under the sovereign jurisdiction of the federal government of the United States, including all waters (around islands or continental tracts) and all U.S. naval vessels.

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University of South Florida

The University of South Florida, also known as USF, is an American metropolitan public research university in Tampa, Florida, United States.

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Water trail

Water trails (also known as blueways) are marked routes on navigable waterway such as rivers, lakes, canals and coastlines for recreational use.

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Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire

Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire (30 May 1718 – 7 October 1793), known as the Viscount Hillsborough from 1742 to 1751 and as the Earl of Hillsborough from 1751 to 1789, was a British politician of the Georgian era.

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ZooTampa at Lowry Park

ZooTampa at Lowry Park is a nonprofit zoo located in Tampa, Florida.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_River_(Florida)

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