New Tampa was first settled in the mid-19th century, but remained undeveloped until the late-1980s, when the city of Tampa annexed the 24mile area. Its oldest neighborhood being Pebble Creek with its oldest area residing within the Tampa city limits being Tampa Palms. Although originally developed when the area was still unincorporated, it did not thrive until the district boom of the 1990s. Most of the city’s growth in the 1990s occurred in this district.
New Tampa not only encompasses both a 24 mile area within the city limits of Tampa, But contains a larger land area that is in unincorporated Hillsborough, but retains a Tampa mailing address.
It’s one of the largest city neighborhoods. The population has grown rapidly since being annexed by the city of Tampa in 1988. With many master planned residential communities and more to come. You’ll find plenty of Big-box stores transforming this once rural area.
“New Tampa” may also refer to a larger area that includes the area described above as well as parts of Wesley Chapel, an unincorporated area that abuts Hillsborough County to the north. Although neither technically nor officially part of the Tampa designated neighborhood New Tampa, most Tampa area residents identify the entire area as New Tampa.
Several retail outlets in the area have been completed Shops at Wiregrass in nearby Wesley Chapel, Cypress Creek Town Center, near Wesley Chapel and Lutz. And famous roadways such as Bruce B. Downs Boulevard.