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Safety Harbor is a city on the west shore of Tampa Bay in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. It was settled in 1823 and incorporated in 1917. It was settled in 1823 and incorporated in 1917. The population was 17,072 at the 2020 census.
The Safety Harbor site is an archaeological site in Philippe Park at 2525 Philippe Parkway in Safety Harbor, Florida, United States. [3] It is the type site for the Safety Harbor culture, [4] and includes the largest remaining mound in the Tampa Bay area. [5] It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964. [2]
Map of the approximate area of the Safety Harbor archaeological culture. The Safety Harbor culture was an archaeological culture practiced by Native Americans living on the central Gulf coast of the Florida peninsula, from about 900 CE until after 1700. The Safety Harbor culture is defined by the presence of Safety Harbor ceramics in burial mounds.
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Estimated extent of Tocobaga influence at first contact with Spanish explorers. The Tampa Bay area was visited by Spanish explorers during Florida's early Spanish period.In 1528, an expedition led by Pánfilo de Narváez landed near Tampa Bay and soon skirmished with the indigenous population, probably at the principal town of the Tocobaga at the Safety Harbor site.
A map dated 1695 identifies the area as Bahia Tampa. [38] Later maps dated 1794 [39] and 1800 [40] show the bay divided with three different names, Tampa Bay west of the Interbay peninsula and Hillsboro Bay on the east with an overall name of Bay of Spiritu Santo. At other times, the entire bay was identified as The Bay of Tocobaga. [41]
Philippe Park is a Pinellas County park located in Safety Harbor, Florida. The park is named after Odet Philippe, who is credited with introducing grapefruit to Florida. It is situated on 122 acres (0.49 km 2) that was once part of Philippe's plantation. Philippe was the county's first non-native settler, arriving in 1842.
State Road 590 (SR 590) is an east–west commercial and commuter highway serving central Pinellas County, within Clearwater and Safety Harbor.It runs from running from Alt US 19 in Clearwater east to State Road 580 in Safety Harbor, and is a scenic route in much of Safety Harbor.