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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
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 [ 53 ]
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.
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.
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.
Roman Catholic bishops of Saint Petersburg (5 P) Pages in category "People from St. Petersburg, Florida" The following 99 pages are in this category, out of 99 total.