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Apollo Beach - Florida
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Area Information
Apollo Beach is located in southern Hillsborough County. The history of Apollo Beach started in 1923 on land owned by the Dickman family, then used annually for farming and grazing pasture. Much of the land was mangrove and low-elevation and was considered uninhabitable.
In the 1930s, Paul Dickman conceived the idea of a waterfront community. He felt the location was ideally located equil distance between Tampa and Bradenton along U.S. Route 41.
The first housing development was Jamaica Isle comprising a mere 51 houses. The Jamaica Isle Yacht Club is now the Dolphin House. Later, home sites like Sabel Key and Bal Harbour Isles as well as Caribbean Isles Mobile Home Park were added. These days, a tranquil stretch of beachfront also highlights exclusive communities like Symphony Isles and Andalucia, the crown jewels of Apollo Beach.
Apollo Beach is a thriving waterfront community with year-round boating, fishing, and other water activities. The estimated 55 miles (89 km) of canals lead to Tampa Bay.
Essential to sustained growth, however, is a road, and in 1967 the Apollo Boulevard was finished connecting the beach front to Florida route 41.
In the 1970s, none other than Guy Lombardo arrived to give a concert promoting the new Bal Harbour Chateau Condominiums, the first in Hillsborough County.
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