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Brandon, Florida

Brandon, Florida is named for John Brandon, who moved here in 1858 when the area was still known as New Hope. After John's death in 1886, his second wife, Victoria, took a leading role in the community. Her home became the community's first post office and she became the postmistress. A civil engineer for the railroad laid out a town site, and Victoria asked him to name the town Brandon, FL after John Brandon.

Brandon, which is unincorporated, is located in Hillsborough County, on Florida's balmy Gulf Coast. It is in the Tampa Bay area, approximately halfway between Tampa and Plant City.   Brandon, FL is bordered by Interstate 75 to the west, Valrico to the east, Riverview to the south, and Seffner to the north. The community is easily accessible from Interstate 4 and Interstate 75.

In 2000, the US Census Bureau listed Brandon, Florida as having a population of 77,895 residents. The American Community Survey estimates the population of Brandon, FL to have risen to 90,550 residents. The median household income was $51,639, significantly higher than the national median household income of $41,994.

Brandon, FL is a military friendly community. Military discounts are offered by many local businesses that are members of the Brandon Chamber of Commerce. The MacDill Family Resource Center provides services to all active duty military personnel, retired military personnel and their families from all branches of service. The services include teleconferencing equipment for families to communicate with deployed personnel.

The Brandon Ballet performs at public facilities in Brandon, FL as well as offers professional training by bringing guest teachers and choreographers to the community. The Center Place Fine Arts and Civic Association offers original art exhibits, art education and various performing art programs to the residents of Brandon, Florida and the surrounding community. It is conveniently located at the Sandy Rodriguez Center, home to both Center Place and the Brandon Regional Library.

If white sand and tropical breezes,  fishing, golfing and Busch Gardens Africa are not enough for you, a taste of winter can be found at the Ice Sports Forum in Brandon all year long. With two NHL-regulation ice rinks, the Forum is the training ground of the Tampa Bay Lightning, a National Hockey League team. It also serves as home to various local hockey programs and offers opportunities for public skating year round.

Brandon is one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the country and in Hillsborough County.  Hillsborough County is home to the prestigious MacDill AFB, and MacDill is home to America's "Most Responsive, Reliable and Renowned Mobility Wing," the 6th AMW. The 6th AMW is a 3,000-person force capable of rapidly projecting air refueling power anywhere in the world. It is organized into five unique groups to carry out the mission to be America’s premier mobility team, providing world-class air refueling, responsive airlift and airbase support to Headquarters U.S. Central Command, Headquarters U.S. Special Operations Command, and 51 other mission partners that call MacDill home.

Brandon, Florida is served by the judges and staff of the 13th Judicial Circuit, which is comprised entirely of Hillsborough County, Florida. The largest and busiest division within the 13th Judicial Circuit is that of Family Law. The Hillsborough County Family Law division handles many types of cases under their area of responsibility. Items range from name changes and adoption, paternity, child support and custody, domestic violence, divorce and more.  Being a military area, Hillsborough County Family law also deals with the special circumstances surrounding divorce for active and retired military personnel.

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