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Welcome to Puntkins Place ...

Puntkins Place is located in Hillsborough County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Puntkins Place: Puntkins Pl. (or less commonly used: Puntkins Plc.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Puntkins Place for more information about variations on the name of Puntkins Place.

Puntkins Place is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Puntkins Place: 813 & 656<3>

Communities near Puntkins Place ...

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

  • Tampa
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Tampa is 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>
  • Lakeland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Plant City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Temple Terrace
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Zephyrhills
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Mulberry
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Lakeview Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeview Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Village
  • Mango
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Valrico
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Windhorst Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Windhorst Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windhorst Village

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Puntkins Place ...

Looking for more information about Puntkins 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 Puntkins Place, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Puntkins 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 Puntkins 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 Puntkins Place area will be assigned with one of these codes: 813 or 656. As a result, placing a call in the Puntkins 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.