Riverview

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Riverview is an unincorporated township and Census Designated Place in Hillsborough County in the U.S. state of Florida. Riverview is a rapidly growing suburb of the city of Tampa.

Riverview was founded in 1856 on the Alafia River's south shore. It was then known as Peru (prounounced Pe-Roo) which was an Indian name for part of the river. Initial growth came because of the Peruvian Mining Company, which mined various mineral from the Alafia. The area's first school was built in 1893, inside the Peru Baptist Church. The Riverview name first came into usage in the early 1940's. Some of Riverview's settlers include the Bourgees, Boyettes, Hackneys, Mansfields, Moodys, Scotts, Thompsons, Whitts, and the Yeomans. The area founded by the Boyette family is now Boyette, Florida.

The U.S. Census Bureau reports a total area for Riverview of 9.4 sq mi (24.4 km2). Its population was 12,035 at the 2000 census.

Time Zone: EST/EDT (UTC-5/UTC-4)
Area Code: 813

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