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Riverview is a census-designated place in Hillsborough County, founded in 1885 on the north shore of the Alafia River, southeast of Tampa.

Settlers had actually arrived earlier on the river's south side in the 1830s, in a settlement called Peru - an Indigenous name said to mean 'straight part of the river' - which Riverview absorbed in the 1940s.

The Peruvian Mining Company once mined phosphate in the Alafia River at Riverview.

The Alafia's name is said to mean 'River of Fire,' because phosphorus in the water once made it glow at night.

The Alafia River still forms part of Riverview's northeastern boundary, and U.S. Highway 301 runs through the community's west side.

Riverview counted 107,396 residents in the 2020 Census, up from 71,050 in 2010 - growth of more than 50% in a single decade.

Riverview has about 39,297 households, averaging 2.89 persons per household.

About 75.7% of Riverview's homes are owner-occupied, and the median value of an owner-occupied home is $384,200.

Named neighborhoods inside Riverview include Winthrop, Colonial Hills, Alafia Oaks and Boyette Park.