When Was Zephyrhills Founded?
Zephyrhills Is a City in Pasco County, Florida, United States. the Population Was Estimated at 13,288 in the 2010 Census. It Is a Suburb of the Tampa Bay...
Zephyrhills is a city in Pasco County, Florida, United States. The population was estimated at 13,288 in the 2010 census. It is a suburb of the Tampa Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area. Zephyrhills is also known as the headquarters of the Zephyrhills bottled water company and is a member of Tree City USA.
When was Zephyrhills Water founded?
In 1964, long before the bottled water industry became a $12 billion business, a man named Don Robinson began bottling local water as the Zephyrhills Water Co. In 1987, the Perrier group bought out his 50-person company and turned its attention to Crystal Springs, a few miles southeast of the city.
Who founded Zephyrhills?
In 1909, Captain Howard B. Jeffries, a Civil War Union veteran from Pennsylvania, purchased 35,000 acres and created the Zephyrhills Colony Company with a plan to create a community for Civil War veterans. In 1910 the town voted to change its name to Zephyrhills; it was incorporated in 1914.