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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 .
Peter Demens (May 13 [O.S. May 1] 1850 – January 21, 1919), [1] born Pyotr Alexeyevitch Dementyev (Russian: Пётр Алексеевич Дементьев), was a Russian nobleman who migrated in 1881 to the United States and became a railway owner and one of the founders of St. Petersburg, Florida, United States.
Bill Heller (1935-2020), Member of the Florida House of Representatives and Dean of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg College of Education. Zeola Hershey Misener (1878–1966), suffragist and one of the first women elected to the Indiana General Assembly [ 54 ]
Mary Hardy Reeser (March 8, 1884 – July 2, 1951) of St. Petersburg, Florida, was a woman whose fiery death was surrounded by mystery, and even controversially reported at the time to be a case of spontaneous human combustion (SHC). [1] [2] She was often referred to as the "cinder lady" in newspaper accounts of the day. [3]
There have been 54 mayors of St. Petersburg, Florida. David Moffett was the city's first mayor. The current mayor is Ken Welch, the city's first African American mayor. Late 19th century mayor J. A. Armistead had an opera house. He allowed Indian mounds on his property to be excavated for research.
Orange Belt Railway reaches Tarpon Springs in January and St. Petersburg in May, bringing rapid growth to the county. [6] [4]: 50 1890 Tampa Bay Ice Company begins operations, greatly aiding the local fishing industry. [4]: 58 1891 Clearwater incorporates. 1892 St. Petersburg incorporates. [4]: 60 1893 St. Petersburg's first bank organized.
Snell's residence on the Isle. Snell Isle is a neighborhood in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States that centers on Snell Isle Boulevard. The street is named after local developer C. Perry Snell (1869–1942), a Kentucky druggist who moved to St. Petersburg in 1900 and began buying properties he developed into upscale residential neighborhoods, commercial buildings, and public parks. [1]