Disston Heights is a neighborhood in

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. Disston Heights has a population of 18,776 and approximately 29.20% of residents are between the ages of 45 and 64 years old. This is a similar percentage to the city average (29.90%) and that of

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. The second largest age group in Disston Heights is children and teenagers, with approximately 20.10% of residents younger than 20 years old. Disston Heights is named for

Hamilton Disston Hamilton Disston (August 23, 1844 – April 30, 1896)"He Died Without Warning", ''The Washington Post'' (May 1, 1896). was an American industrialist and real-estate developer who purchased 4 million acres (16,000 km²) of Florida land in 18 ...

, who founded Disston City (now

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