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Welcome to Citrus Park ...

Citrus Park is located in Hillsborough County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Citrus Park, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1914.

Citrus Park is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Citrus Park lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Citrus Park: 813 & 656<3>

Communities Also Named Citrus Park ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Citrus Park - it's located in Arizona.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Citrus Park.

Communities near Citrus Park ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Citrus Park.

  • Saint Petersburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Pinellas Park
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Dunedin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Temple Terrace
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Safety Harbor
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Oldsmar
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Bungalow City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bungalow City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bungalow City
    • Bungalow City is located in Hillsborough County
  • Carrollwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • College Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for College Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
    • College Village is located in Hillsborough County
  • Gray Gables
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Gables
    • Gray Gables is located in Hillsborough County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Citrus Park. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Citrus Park.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Citrus Park. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Citrus Park.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Citrus Park. See our Newspapers Page for Citrus Park.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Citrus Park ...

Looking for more information about Citrus Park? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Citrus Park, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Citrus Park.

Adding Citrus Park to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Citrus Park in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Citrus Park was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Citrus Park post office opened in 1914.

We also found Citrus Park in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southeast.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Citrus Park.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Hillsborough, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Citrus Park - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 813 code has been Overlayed with the 656 area code. New phone numbers in the Citrus Park area will be assigned with one of these codes: 813 or 656. As a result, placing a call in the Citrus Park area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/