{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-7.29","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 7.29","heading":"Hillsborough County.","body":"The boundary lines of Hillsborough County are as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of section one in township twenty-seven south, range sixteen east; thence east on the north line of township twenty-seven south to the line between ranges twenty-two and twenty-three east; thence south on said range line to the line between townships thirty-two and thirty-three south; thence west on said township line to the south bank of Tampa Bay; thence in a direct line to a point midway between Egmont and Passage Keys in the Gulf of America; thence westerly to the boundary of the State of Florida; thence northerly on the boundary of the State of Florida to a point in the Gulf of America due west of the northern shore of Mullet Key; thence due east to a point one hundred yards due west of the northernmost shore of Mullet Key; thence in a line one hundred yards from the shore line around the southern portion of Mullet Key to a point one hundred yards due east of the easternmost shore of Mullet Key; thence due north to a point due east of the northernmost shore of Mullet Key; thence due east to the middle waters of Tampa Bay; thence in a northerly direction through the middle waters of Tampa Bay and Old Tampa Bay to a point where the range line between ranges sixteen and seventeen east strikes said shore; thence north on said range line to the place of beginning.\nHistory.—s. 1, Jan. 25, 1834; ss. 1, 2, ch. 107, 1847; s. 2, ch. 1201, 1861; s. 1, ch. 1622, 1866; ss. 4, 6, ch. 1998, 1874; RS 47; GS 45; s. 1, ch. 6247, 1911; RGS 49; CGL 51; s. 1, ch. 19058, 1939; s. 10, ch. 2025-8.","path":["CHAPTER 7 COUNTY BOUNDARIES"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0000-0099/0007/0007.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:56:41Z","sha256":"7f873f81feef3edde69108605bbd9810ae3ae629dde54fb493d63ba652b5bda1","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-7.28","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-7.30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}