FISHHAWK RANCH EXECUTIVE HOME ~ Welcome home to this beautifully appointed Estate home situated on an oversized fenced lot with a CONSERVATION VIEW RESORT-STYLE OUTDOOR O...
You don't want to miss this great home located in the community of Egret Landing in Fishhawk Ranch. This 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath home with a second floor bonus room/possible ...
This Beazer, Lancaster Floor plan, shows like a model. 5 Bedrooms (or 4 Bedrooms/Office/Den) 2.5 Baths, Bonus Room, POOL, and its OWN BASKETBALL /SPORT COURT (25' x...
Lovely Country Estate on 5 acres in highly desired Lithia area. 2.5 acres of this property have been split and is ready to build another house on or keep as empty land. T...
Living in this spectacular one-story house lavishly spread on almost half acre (0.44) of truly conservation area you will be on vacation every day. Situated within hig...
Welcome Home to your new home in the highly desired community of Egret Landing in Fishhawk. You will want to move right into this 5/2.5/2 with a large upstairs Bonus Roo...
Live the good life at Fishhawk Trails. All the items on your wish list are here and the “important” items like roof and AC are NEW. You must see this 1/2 acre homesite in...
Beautifully maintained and move-in ready! This 4 bedroom, 3 bath home has been meticulously cared for and is ready for occupancy. Through the front door is an expansive e...
Under Construction. Contract Date 7/23/21 Listing Price amount for this Pending Sale includes Design and Structural Options Exterior image shown for illustrative purp...
Under Construction. Contract Date 10/22/21 Listing Price amount for this Pending Sale includes Design and Structural Options Exterior image shown for illustrative pur...
Under Construction. Contract Date 10/20/21 Listing Price amount for this Pending Sale includes Design and Structural Options Exterior image shown for illustrative pur...
Under Construction. Contract Date 12/16/21 Listing Price amount for this Pending Sale includes Design and Structural Options Exterior image shown for illustrative pur...
Welcome home to the gated community of Kingletridge, located in Fishhawk Ranch. Relax and admire the surrounding water and conservation view. Enjoy all of the amenities h...
Under Construction. UNDER CONSTRUCTION - Ready in July/August 2022 - NEW CONSTRUCTION. Energy efficient new construction town home in FishHawk Ranch West. Exterior mainte...
This is the one for YOU! Fall in love with the lot before entering the home. 2 acres of lush, greenery with few homes nearby. Experience the lovely modern farmhouse charm...
As histories go, Lithia’s is rather interesting, if not somewhat confusing. According to rather sketchy written accounts, two bands of settlers arrived mere yards from each other at precisely the same time, and laid claim to their own humble bit of land. Unbeknownst to the other group, each named their stake, Lithium—sadly, the why and how have been lost through the passage of time. Because the two like-named places were wreaking chaos on travelers searching for the proper Lithium, it was decided to have a bare-knuckles, winner-take-all brawl between the two settlements. Although the fight was furious, it was also futile, as the two bands fought to a draw. Ultimately, the denizens of each agreed that diplomacy was probably far less painful, and eventually a compromise was struck. The two villages agreed to merge into one settlement, and not wanting to sacrifice the name of their respective small places entirely, they named the new place Lithia. This ensured that the histories and names of the two former settlements would remain forever sacrosanct, the latter, if only in the plural form. Also, this was one of the first documented Battle of the Bands (you had to have seen that coming!) in recorded history.
The community of Lithia is located about 18 miles east southeast of Tampa in Hillsborough County. Its name is actually derived from the discovery of lithium in the waters of a spring, Lithia Spring Major, around the year 1900. Lithia’s history abounds with settlements by numerous Native American tribes, and agriculture, saw mills, and phosphate mining. In 1848, James Alderman created a ford on the Alafia River on the site of present-day Alderman’s Ford Park. Combined with Lithia Springs State Park and the C.W. Bill Young Reservoir, the recreational opportunities are nearly limitless, and the natural beauty of the community, resplendent.
Lithia has benefited from the development efforts that began in the late-1990s at FishHawk Ranch, a planned community composed of several distinct villages built over 3,000 acres. It contains several public common areas including Park Square Town Center, the Lake House, the Palmetto Club clubhouse, the Osprey Club, the Aquatic Center, biking and walking trails, community swimming pools, gym facilities, tennis courts, lakes, and ponds. Two of these communities, Channing Park and the Enclave at Channing Park, are located within the FishHawk area of Lithia. Private amenities include a skateboard park, a playground with picnic facilities, dog park, a half-basketball court, soccer field, an amenities center with a fitness area, pirate splash zone, and a resort style pool with spa.
FishHawk draws its name from Little Fish Hawk Creek, a tributary of the Alafia River just west of Lithia Springs. The area was transformed by development, with the population growing over 700%, from under 2,000 to 14,087 in the 2010 census, while the median household income also increased dramatically. Two communities, Starling at FishHawk and The Preserve were previously an undeveloped wildlife habitat. The Florida Green Building Coalition named FishHawk a “green” community—the first in Hillsborough County, and the largest in the Tampa area. In 2003, the National Arbor Day Foundation honored the FishHawk community preservation efforts.
So, despite its small size, Lithia really is worth fighting over. Except any confrontation today would probably be more likely resolved by a more civilized bare-knuckle, winner-take-all chess match, or maybe a no-holds-barred heated game of Monopoly. Or, perhaps, touched by a sense of nostalgia, they would simply rely on a latter-day Battle of the Bands—you know, the type of bands that use musical instruments.
Oh, one last thing, especially for all of you literary junkies: Lithia is the closest community to the coordinates listed as the launch site by Jules Verne in his 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon.
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