Brandon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 114,626 at the 2020 census, up from 103,483 at the 2010 census.
Westfield Mall in Brandon
Brandon High School historical marker
Following protests in 2018, the Confederate monument Memoria in Aeterna was relocated from a Tampa courthouse to a cemetery in Brandon
Westfield Shopping Center Mall (formerly Brandon Town Center)
Hillsborough County, Florida
Hillsborough County is located in the west-central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. In the 2020 census, the population was 1,459,762, making it the fourth-most populous county in Florida and the most populous county outside the Miami metropolitan area. A 2021 estimate has the population of Hillsborough County at 1,512,070 people with a yearly growth rate of 1.34%, which itself is greater than the populations of 12 states according to their 2019 population estimates. Its county seat and largest city is Tampa. Hillsborough County is part of the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Downtown Tampa skyline
Hillsborough County Courthouse, c. 1891
Hillsborough County Courthouse and Confederate Monument in Tampa
On the Alafia River near Lithia Springs Park