Del Rio, Florida

Del Rio, Florida
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 28°0′50″N82°24′4″W / 28.01389°N 82.40111°W / 28.01389; -82.40111
Country	United States
State	Florida
County	Hillsborough
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	33617
Area code	813
GNIS feature ID	1867134

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

The community is known as "The Fishbowl" to locals because many streets in the area are named for fish.^{[ citation needed ]} Del Rio is included within the East Lake-Orient Park census-designated place.

Description

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1980	7,409		—
1990	8,248		11.3%
source: [1]

Tampa bounds Del Rio to the west, the Hillsborough River to the north, U.S. Route 92 to the south, and 56th Street (SR 583) to the east. The 40th Street Bridge on County Road 585A travels over the Hillsborough River in Del Rio.

History

Del Rio was a purpose-built community created in the 1950s and 1960s as one of the suburbs of Tampa. The community multiplied during the 1960s and 1970s. Its peak population according to the Census was 8,248 in 1990. ^[2] It is a part of the Northeast Community. ^[3]

Schools serving the area

• Robles Elementary School
• C. Leon King High School

References

1. "CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING (1790-2000)". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 8, 2010. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Del Rio, Florida. Retrieved 2013-12-14.