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We would like to provide the residents of  Gibsonton  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Gibsonton Home page. The Gibsonton Home page provides as much information as possible on Gibsonton. Knowing Gibsonton’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Gibsonton’s Home page, you will also find Gibsonton’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Gibsonton has a population of 18053. 48.7% of Gibsonton’s inhabitants are Male, and 51.3 are female. 45.3% of Gibsonton is married and 71.1% own their own home. The Average Home price is $193,619, and the average rent is $992. Household median income in Gibsonton is $66,973, and the individual median income is $27,435. Gibsonton’s Ethnic is the following: White(60.8%), Hispanic(34.7%), Black(19.9%), Multiple(9%), Other(6.8%), Asian(2.7%), Native(0.8%), Pacific(0.1%).


Gibsonton, sometimes nicknamed Gibtown, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. U.S. Route 41 runs through the center of the community. The population was 14,234 at the 2010 census, up from 8,752 at the 2000 census. Gibsonton was famous as a sideshow wintering town, where various people in the carnival and circus businesses would spend the off season, placing it near the winter home for the Ringling Brothers Circus at Tampa, Sarasota and Venice in various times.


It was home to Percilla the Monkey Girl, the Anatomical Wonder, and the Lobster Boy. Siamese twin sisters ran a fruit stand here. At one time, it was the only post office with a counter for dwarfs. Aside from the agreeable winter climate, Gibsonton offered unique circus zoning laws that allowed residents to keep elephants and circus trailers on their front lawns. Gibsonton was founded by James Gibson Sr., from Greenville, Alabama, in 1884.


He homesteaded 150 acres at the mouth of the Alafia River, stretching to the east for approximately a half a mile along the south bank of the river. Gibson, along with Granville Platt and F.L. Henderson, became trustees of a school erected in 1888.


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