Created on May 12, 1887 by the Florida Legislature, Pasco County was born. Before this, it was part of Hernando County. The name comes from U.S. Senator Samuel Pasco.
The area is believed to be lived in by humans as early as 9000 B.C. When the Spanish first came to the area, it was inhabited by Indians who spoke Muskegon. In the early 1700's southern Creek Indians (better known as Seminoles) moved into the area.
The principle communities are Dade City, Zephyrhills, New Port Richey, Port Richey, and San Antonio. Dade City was known as Fort Dade until 1881 when the Fort Dade Postmaster's Commission was transferred to Fort Dade community a few miles west. Zephyrhills was established in 1911 as a retirement center for veterans of the Union Army. New Port Richey was founded in 1915 adjacent to the older town of Port Richey, established by Captain Aaron Richey in the 1880's. San Antonio was developed as the center of the "Catholic Colony" by Judge Edwin Dunne in 1881.
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