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Welcome to Half Way Place ...

Half Way Place is located in Hillsborough County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Half Way Place: Half-way Pl. (or less commonly used: Half-way Plc.)

Half Way Place is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Half Way Place lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Half Way Place: 813 & 656<3>

Communities near Half Way Place ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Half Way Place.

  • Tampa
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Tampa is also located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tampa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 407,599 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tampa <4>
  • Saint Petersburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Clearwater
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Largo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Largo is located in Pinellas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Largo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 84,681 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Largo <4>
  • Pinellas Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Dunedin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Temple Terrace
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Seminole
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Safety Harbor
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Oldsmar
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)

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 Half Way Place. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Half Way Place.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Half Way Place. 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 Half Way Place.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Half Way Place ...

Looking for more information about Half Way Place? 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 Half Way Place, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Half Way Place.

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 Half Way Place - 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 Half Way Place area will be assigned with one of these codes: 813 or 656. As a result, placing a call in the Half Way Place 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.