Introducing Temple Terrace

Home of the Temple Terrace Golf and Country Club

The community of Temple Terrace is an incorporated city in northeastern Hillsborough County, adjacent to Tampa. The city is the third, and smallest of the three incorporated municipalities in Hillsborough County. The other two are Plant City and Tampa.

Named for the hybrid "Temple" oranges and the surrounding "terraced" terrain, Temple Terrace was incorporated in 1925 and is known for its rolling landscape, bucolic Hillsborough River views, and majestic live oak trees.

The community is located adjacent to the University of South Florida campus and is, therefore, an ideal location for USF faculty as well as under-graduate and graduate students. The city has a population of about 24,000 and the median household income of Temple Terrace residents in 2008 was just over $54,000.

Temple Terrace was one of the first planned golf course communities in the United States when it was laid out in the mid-1920's with the expectation of it being both a golf course community and the home of the largest orange grove in the world. The 1920 vision of the community's founders was that wealthy retired Northerners would purchase lots in Temple Terrace, build a Mediterranean Revival villa as well as a parcel in the adjoining citrus grove to manage as a hobby or for extra income.


In 1925, the Temple Terrace Golf and Country Club, which is still in existence, hosted the first ever "Florida Open." The most distinguishing characteristic of the 18-hole, 6,414 yard private Temple Terrace Golf Course is the large, mature trees line which most of the fairways forcing golfers to hit straight shots, or suffer the consequences.

Downtown Tampa with all of its cultural and recreational attractions, the Florida Aquarium, historic Ybor City and the Tampa International Airport are within easy driving distance. Disney World and Universal & MGM Studios entertainment centers are about an hour's drive to the East while the white-sand and warm water of the St Petersburg/Clearwater area are about an hour’s drive to the West.

Temple Terrace offers a wide variety of housing opportunities. There are newer Temple Terrace homes for sale as well as established neighborhoods with both upscale and moderately-priced homes, condos and apartments. Some home sites abut the Temple Terrace golf course. Others back to the scenic Hillsborough River as it wanders through the town. Homes in Temple Terrace range from less than $100,000 to well over $1 million.

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