Sun City, Florida

Not to be confused with Sun City Center, Florida.
Sun City, Florida
Unincorporated community
Sun City is located in Florida
Sun City
Sun City
Sun City is located in the United States
Sun City
Sun City
Coordinates: 27°40′42″N 82°28′43″W / 27.67833°N 82.47861°W / 27.67833; -82.47861
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountyHillsborough
Elevation
26 ft (8 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
33586
Area code813
GNIS feature ID291813[1]

Sun City is an unincorporated community in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. The community is located along U.S. Route 41, 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Ruskin. Sun City has a post office with ZIP code 33586.[2][3]

Sun City was built in 1925 and originally promoted as "Florida's Moving Picture City", with streets named after notable film actors (ex. Blythe, Chaplin, Petrova) and a $300,000 movie studio. However, the housing bubble burst, and the studio was demolished in 1932.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Sun City". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ United States Postal Service (2015). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  3. ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  4. ^ "Sun City - Ghost Town". www.ghosttowns.com. Retrieved January 10, 2023.


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