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St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States.As of the 2020 census, the population was 258,308, making it the fifth-most populous city in Florida and the most populous city in the state that is not a county seat (the city of Clearwater is the seat of Pinellas County). [4]
The Golden Era in St. Petersburg Postwar Prosperity in the Sunshine City. Charleston, South Carolina: History Press. Charleston, South Carolina: History Press. This Florida -related article is a stub .
1884 – The St. Petersburg Times was established. [2] 1888 Peter Demens brings railroad into St. Petersburg. [1] The first hotel is built, named the Detroit Hotel. [3] 1892 Town of St. Petersburg incorporated. [4] David Moffett becomes first mayor of St. Petersburg. [5] 1897 – Electrical service established. [1] 1899
1892 St. Petersburg incorporates. [4]: 60 1893 St. Petersburg's first bank organized. [4]: 61 1894 Hillsborough Times moves from Clearwater to St. Petersburg and is renamed The St. Petersburg Times. [4]: 62 1895 St. Petersburg prohibits cows with bells from wandering within town limits. [4]: 64 Henry B. Plant buys Orange Belt Railroad.
The Tampa Bay Times, called the St. Petersburg Times until 2011, is an American newspaper published in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States.It is published by the Times Publishing Company, which is owned by The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, a nonprofit journalism school directly adjacent to the University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus.
Tomlinson was a major patron to the students of St. Petersburg. He spent $10,000 to build the city's first brick school, also known as Florida's First Manual Training School. The school opened in 1901. It offered classes in military science, manual arts, and homemaking. He would later deed the school to the City of St. Petersburg. [1]
Al Lang (1970-1960), Businessman and politician who is credited with bringing baseball spring training to St. Petersburg. Namesake of Al Lang Stadium. Anastase Andreivitch Vonsiatsky (1898–1965), Russian fascist leader in exile
St. Petersburg was incorporated on February 29, 1892, the same year Williams died. It had a population of approximately 300 people. It was named after Saint Petersburg, Russia, where Peter Demens had spent half of his youth. A legend says that John C. Williams and Peter Demens flipped a coin to see who would have the honor of naming the city.