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


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

Valrico has a population of 40259. 46.3% of Valrico’s inhabitants are Male, and 53.7 are female. 53.9% of Valrico is married and 79.1% own their own home. The Average Home price is $238,065, and the average rent is $1,319. Household median income in Valrico is $76,680, and the individual median income is $32,268. Valrico’s Ethnic is the following: White(73.1%), Hispanic(20.3%), Black(14.6%), Multiple(5.9%), Asian(3.7%), Other(1.9%), Native(0.3%), Pacific(0.3%).


Before the Civil War, the area was known as Long Pond and consisted of several cotton plantations. It was renamed Valrico, meaning "rich valley" in Spanish, in the 1880s when William G. Tousey, a philosophy professor from Tufts College, purchased property in the area. In 1890, an influx of immigrants arrived, following the construction of the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad through the area. When the railroad was completed, Tousey began building up the community with retail stores, streets, and a bank.


In 1893, Mr. Bryan built a steam mill at Valrico station. In 1895, a major freeze halted these developments, and the population began to dwindle. Nonetheless, the town continued, and a schoolhouse was completed in 1896. The population continued to fall, from 100 people in 1893 to only 50 in 1911. This setback did not deter local landowners from pushing forward with the town's development.


From 1910 to 1914 Judge Hamner, Governor Van Sant, D. Humbird, W.H., S.C. Phipps and W.F. Miller started an improvement project along Hopewell Road, later designated SR 60. W.F. Miller, serving as president of the Valrico Improvement Association, raised $3,500 to erect the Valrico Civic Center, now known as the James McCabe Theater.


The area's first general store was opened by Lovett Brandon in 1912. Valrico once again suffered a major blow during the stock market crash of 1929, which saw nearly every business in the town shut down. Not until the mid-1950s did the town begin to see growth again, primarily due to the connection of SR 60 to Tampa's Adamo Drive, placing Valrico right along a major Florida thoroughfare.


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