• Named in the 1880s, with the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad reaching the settlement, then called Long Pond, in 1890
  • River Hills Country Club, a private club founded in 1989 around an 18-hole, par-72 course designed by Joe Lee
  • Valrico Park and Stearns Road Park, with its paved trail, and the Alafia River and Lithia Springs to the south
  • Mostly single-family homes in established subdivisions such as Buckhorn Preserve and River Hills