East of Tampa the mailing label and the map stop agreeing. About a third of Thonotosassa's parcels carry a Seffner address, three-quarters of Mango does, and several “Seffner” subdivisions sit in the Brandon or Mango census areas. So this page is organized by what changes the plumbing: who supplies the water, whether a sewer or a septic tank takes the drains, and which decade the houses went up.
Cities and Towns Around Seffner
These ten places cover the ground from Tampa's east side to Plant City. Some run on Hillsborough County water, some on a city's own wells, and a few rural pockets depend on private wells and septic tanks.
Seffner
Home city · I-4 · MLK Blvd · county water · median home built 1989
Brandon
North Brandon toward Seffner · Kingsway Rd · Parsons Ave · 1970s-80s plats
Valrico
SR 60 east · Valrico Rd · Mulrennan Rd · 55+ parks · median built 1996
Mango
West of Seffner · I-75 and I-4 · rental-heavy · county Falkenburg sewer
Thonotosassa
North of I-4 · Lake Thonotosassa · wells, septic and new county-served plats
Dover
US-92 east · private wells and septic · older homes and mobile homes
Plant City
City-run water and sewer · I-4 and US-92 · historic districts · Walden Lake
Temple Terrace
City water over 300 mg/L hard · Hillsborough River · 1950s-70s homes
Tampa
East side via I-4 · Seminole Heights bungalows · Ybor · City of Tampa water
Palm River-Clair Mel
South of the Selmon Expressway · flood zones · septic-to-sewer conversion area
Three Kinds of Water Behind One Phone Number
Most of Seffner, Mango, Brandon and Valrico drink from the county's South-Central system, which is chloraminated and has no published hardness figure. Plant City, Temple Terrace and Tampa each run their own, and their numbers differ widely. Dover and parts of Thonotosassa have no mapped county service at all. That is why a water bill belongs in every call about pressure, a main leak or a backup in the street.
Seffner Neighborhoods: Plats and Communities We Know by Name
The eleven pages below follow county plat records: build years, lot sizes, mapped sewer mains and nearby lift stations. A 39-house plat from 1986 to 1988 raises different questions than a 299-house subdivision from 2006 to 2009, and the page for each says so.
Old Seffner
Lenna Ave and MLK Blvd crossroads · 1884 post office · pre-1970 lots
Hickory Hill
Two plats built 1985-90 · quarter-acre lots · county water, sewer status unmapped
Kingsway Oaks
S Kingsway Rd · two eras, 1987-89 and 1999-2001 · county 8-inch sewer
The Hammocks at Kingsway
N Kingsway Rd · 299 homes built 2006-09 · small lots · county sewer
Old Hillsborough Estates
39 homes built 1986-88 · Old Hillsborough Ave · 0.35-acre lots
Lake Weeks
57-acre lake · 2001-03 homes · FEMA flood zone at the shoreline
Parsons Pointe
N Parsons Ave · built 2001-03 · high, well-drained ground
Lake Shore Ranch
Wheeler Rd · built 1998-2001 · ex-dairy land · pumped sewer
Hunters Lake
Seffner Valrico Rd · homes from 2015-19 · county sewer since 2014
Mango Groves
CR 579 near Mango Dog Park · 2001-03 plats · county Falkenburg sewer
Pemberton Creek
North of I-4 · large lots · outside county water and sewer · flood zone
How to Find Your Page, and What We Leave to Others
Start with your plat or subdivision name, since it tells us the build year in one phrase. If you are not sure, use the street and let us look it up; we would rather ask than guess. Our Seffner plumber cost guide shows what common jobs cost, and the services overview lists all seven things we do.
Some work belongs to other trades: gas lines and gas appliances, septic tanks and drainfields, well pumps and pressure tanks, and digging or relining a sewer. We say so on the phone, and if the county owns the problem, we give you the county number. Everything inside the house is ours.
Your street is not named here?
Tell us the street and ZIP by text and you will get a plain yes or no.
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