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Hernando County covers approximately 312,000 acres of area (477 sq. miles) including the cities of Brooksville and Weeki Wachee.
Unincorporated areas include Spring Hill, Ridge Manor, Ridge Manor West, Bayport, Aripeka, Lake Lindsey and Hernando Beach.
The county stretches 37 miles from East to West and 18 miles from North to South. It is bounded on the west by the Gulf of
Mexico and on the north by the Chassahowitzka Swamp and the Withlacoochee State Forrest. The central portion of the county
includes the county seat of Brooksville and prior to 1970 contained most of the population. Hernando County's population growth
increased 802% from 1960 to 1990. According to US Census records, the population is projected for 1995 to be 138, 500. In
the 1980's, Hernando County was the third fastest growing county in the nation. On average, the population growth of the 1980's
was 5,665 per year. From April 1990 on, that average has dropped to 3,356 per year. In terms of the estimated new households
by percentage growth rate, Hernando County ranked 8th of 67 counties within Florida for the period 1990-1994. The county population
was just 17,004 in 1970, and has risen to already 101,115 in 1990, a six fold increase in just 20 years. In recent years ,
100% of the County's population growth has been attributed to those moving in- since the death rate has continue to exceed
the birth rate. In 1995 there were 1,699 deaths and only 975 births. With a net migration of 3,753, the natural increase was
(negative) 724.
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The major industries
are limestone mining & cement production, tourism, dairy products, cattle production, citrus products, forest resources,
construction, some non-pollutant manufacturing and distribution. Hernando County's growing manufacturing association base
is centered in industrial parks around Hernando County's state of the art airport, one of the largest non-urban air fields
in Florida, and in industrial areas around the I-75 and S.R. 50 interchange in east Hernando County. Some of the important
employers include Spartan Electronics, MRS Power Systems, Florida Crushed Stone, Sims Machine & Controls, Southdown, Gold
Star Tap, OR Plastics, Dickson Tool & Die, and Joni Industries.
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Hernando County is 45 minutes North of Tampa Bay.
The average elevation is 175 feet above sea level.
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There are three public High
schools. (Central, Hernando and Springstead), four middle schools (Parrot, Powell, West Hernando and Fox Chapel) and nine
elementary schools (Brooksville, Deltona, Eastside, J.D. Floyd, Moton, PineGrove, Suncoast, Spring Hill, and Westside) The
school Board is one of Hernando County's largest employers.
The Board of Education (352) 796-6761
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