Zephyrhills Zephyrhills History Wesley Chapel The principle communities of Central Pasco County are Wesley Chapel, Dade City, Zephyrhills, New Port Richey, Port Richey, Land 'O Lakes and San Antonio. Dade City was known as Fort Dade until 1881 when the Fort Dade Postmaster's Commission was transferred to Fort Dade community a few miles west. A broad array of housing is available. Communities range from private rural homesteads to planned developments. Some of the most recognized appear in links below. Zephyrhills was established in 1911 as a retirement center for veterans of the Union Army. New Port Richey was founded in 1915 adjacent to the older town of Port Richey, established by Captain Aaron Richey in the 1880's. San Antonio was developed as the center of the "Catholic Colony" by Judge Edwin Dunne in 1881. Holiday appeared as part of the extension development of the county's west coast in the 1960's. Zephyrhills is famous for its bottled water company, which runs ads reminding people that the community is not famous for its zephyrs or for its hills (but there are indeed plenty of rolling hills to go around) In the era of the Second World War, the development of Pasco Packing Company (now Lykes-Pasco) and later of Evens Packing Company in Dade City gave the county two of the largest citrus packing plants in the world. The procedure for making orange juice concentrate was, to a large degree, developed at Pasco Packing Company. Plenty of open space gives residents of the Zephyrhills and Wesley Chapel areas a feeling of being out in the country as well as in a town with plenty of room to grow and its own municipal airport to boot. | 
