Official Name: | Connerton, Florida |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Florida |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Florida |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Pasco |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 34.54 |
Area Land Km2: | 33.54 |
Area Water Km2: | 1.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 13.34 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 12.95 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.39 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 5282 |
Population Density Km2: | 157.49 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 407.88 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 75 |
Coordinates: | 28.3025°N -82.4625°W |
Area Code: | 813 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 2583337 |
Connerton is a census-designated place in Pasco County, Florida, United States, off U.S. 41. Its population was 5,282 as of the 2020 census.
The Conner family owned and operated Conner Ranch, a working cattle ranch set on the 8,000 acres that now makes up Connerton. The family sold the land in early 2000 to a developer who originally planned to build more than 15,000 homes and up to three golf courses. The original plan was later modified to protect much of the natural lands.[2] Development began a couple years later with the first homes being sold in 2005. The development was stunted with the downturn in the housing market, after a small portion of the full scale residential development was built out.[3] As of 2012 construction plans were once again moving ahead.[4] In 2019, Lennar Homes became the majority land owner in Connerton after purchasing the remaining undeveloped land for $26 million.[5]