what county is brandon
Brandon, FL. Brandon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hillsborough County, Florida, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a total population of 103,483. Its history began on January 20, 1857, when John Brandon (1809â1886) arrived at Fort Brooke (now Tampa) from Mississippi with his first wife Martha (1813â1867) and six sons. At first he moved his family to what is now the Seffner area.