Hudson, Florida

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Hudson, Florida
CDP
Aerial view of Hudson, Florida.jpg
Aerial view of Hudson and Hudson Beach, Florida
Pasco County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Hudson Highlighted.svg
Location in Pasco County and the state of Florida.
Coordinates: 28°21′40″N82°41′14″W / 28.36111°N 82.68722°W / 28.36111; -82.68722
Country United States
State Florida
County Pasco
established1882
Named for Isaac Hudson
Government
Hudson does not have a mayor, as it is an integrated city.
 • TypeN/A
 • N/AN/A
Area
[1]
 • Total6.37 sq mi (16.49 km2)
 • Land6.35 sq mi (16.44 km2)
 • Water0.02 sq mi (0.04 km2)  1.27%
Elevation
10 ft (3 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total12,944
 • Density2,038.75/sq mi (787.20/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
34667, 34669, 34674
Area code 727
FIPS code 12-32825 [2]
GNIS feature ID0284369 [3]
Website www.hudsonfla.com

Hudson is a census-designated place (CDP) located at the westernmost end of Pasco County, Florida, United States, and is included in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, Hudson's population was 12,158.

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History

In 1878, Isaac Hudson moved his family to the uninhabited brush of coastal Pasco County and allowed a post office [4] to be established in his home. The town grew in the early twentieth century when the Fivay Company began cutting lumber and shipping it by rail to Tampa. Hudson stagnated when the Fivay Company went out of business in 1912 [5] and people turned to the sea or moved away; shrimping and fishing employed about half of the working men in the 1930s to 1950s.

W.L. Hendry came with his sons from Tampa and began digging inlets from the coast around Hudson Springs, using the fill to create a higher ground to put a few houses on in 1950. [6] This was to become the Port of Hudson neighborhood. In the 1980s, people began building larger homes (most of which were mobile homes) along the canals. Now, while its older waterfront is reviving, large residential developments are spreading inland.

Bayonet Point Hospital, located in Hudson Florida, is the areas local hospital. Founded in 1981, it was the first hospital to be built in North West Pasco County serving residents in Pasco, Hernando and Citrus counties. [7]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Hudson has a total area of 6.4 square miles (17 km2), of which 6.4 square miles (17 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) (0.31%) is water.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020 12,944—
U.S. Decennial Census [8]

As of the census [2] of 2010, there were 12,158 people, 5,816 households, and 3,466 families residing in Hudson. The population density was 2,005.3 inhabitants per square mile (774.3/km2). There were 7,686 housing units, at an average density of 1,207.5/sq. mi. (465.9/km2). The racial makeup was 96.87% White, 0.36% Black, 0.22% American Indian, 0.91% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.42% from other races, and 1.19% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race comprised 2.60% of the population.

There were 5,816 households, out of which 13.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.2% were married couples living together, 6.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.2% were nonfamilies. 30.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.04, and the average family size was 2.47.

In Hudson, 12.9% of the population were under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 17.1% from 25 to 44, 27.4% from 45 to 64, and 38.6% who were 65 years of age or older; the median age was 57 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.3 males, and for every 100 women age 18 and over, there were 91.2 men.

The median income for a household in Hudson was $33,177, and the median income for a family was $39,708. Men had a median income of $30,688, versus $24,620 for women; the per capita income was $19,476. About 5.5% of families and 9.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.3% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over.

Parks and recreation

Robert J. Strickland Memorial Park (Hudson Beach) was built in the 1960s and is the main beach for the Hudson community. Several restaurants in the area offer water views of the gulf or adjacent canals.

Veterans Memorial Park and Arthur F. Engle Memorial Park are the main indoor and outdoor sports and recreation centers, with indoor gymnasiums, outdoor fields and an outdoor pool (at Veterans Memorial Park).

There are also three semiprivate golf courses: Beacon Woods Golf Club, [9] Meadow Oaks Golf & Country Club, [10] and Heritage Pines Country Club. [11]

Hudson once proclaimed itself the "gopher racing capital of the world". [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
  3. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ↑ "Era II: The Founding: 1878 - 1905".
  5. ↑ "History of Fivay, Pasco County, Florida". www.fivay.org. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Era V: 1955-1965".
  7. ↑ "About HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital".
  8. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Beacon Woods | Golf Club". beaconwoodsgolf.com. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Welcome to Meadow Oaks Golf Club". Meadow Oaks Golf Club. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Heritage Pines Country Club - Hudson, FL - Home". www.heritagepines.net. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
  12. ↑ "History of Pasco County". fivay.org. Archived from the original on November 21, 2008. Retrieved June 30, 2022.

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