South Brooksville, Florida | |
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Census-designated place | |
Location in Hernando County and the state of Florida |
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Coordinates: 28°32′35″N 82°23′41″W / 28.54306°N 82.39472°WCoordinates: 28°32′35″N 82°23′41″W / 28.54306°N 82.39472°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Florida |
County | Hernando |
Area | |
• Total | 18.5 sq mi (47.9 km2) |
• Land | 18.2 sq mi (47.1 km2) |
• Water | 0.3 sq mi (0.8 km2) |
Elevation | 115 ft (35 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 4,007 |
• Density | 220/sq mi (85.1/km2) |
Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
FIPS code | 12-67266 |
GNIS feature ID | 1867206 |
South Brooksville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hernando County, Florida, United States. The population was 4,007 at the 2010 census. It is a suburb included in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
South Brooksville is in the east-central part of Hernando County, located at 28°32′35″N 82°23′41″W / 28.54306°N 82.39472°W (28.543005, -82.394738). It borders the city of Brooksville to the southwest, south, and southeast. It is in turn bordered to the south and west by unincorporated Spring Hill, and to the west by Wiscon.
U.S. Route 41 crosses the central portion of the CDP, leading north into Brooksville and south 6 miles (10 km) to Masaryktown. Florida State Road 50 crosses the northern portions of the CDP, leading east 14 miles (23 km) to Ridge Manor and west 12 miles (19 km) to Weeki Wachee.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the South Brooksville CDP has a total area of 18.5 square miles (47.9 km2), of which 18.2 square miles (47.1 km2) are land and 0.3 square miles (0.8 km2), or 1.67%, are water.