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Clearwater is a city and the county seat of Pinellas County, Florida, United States, west of Tampa and north of St. Petersburg. To the west of Clearwater lies the Gulf of Mexico and to the southeast lies Tampa Bay. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 117,292.
Location of Pinellas County in Florida. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Pinellas County, Florida. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
View from the top of the Tocobaga mound at Philippe Park Marker at the site of the 1528 Narvaez landing, Jungle Prada, St. Petersburg The McMullen-Coachman Log Cabin, built in 1852, is located at Heritage Village in Largo, Florida, and is the oldest standing structure in Pinellas County [5] The Belleview-Biltmore Hotel built by Henry Plant Battery and guns at Fort De Soto The original span of ...
Despite the July 2015 Florida Supreme Court ruling overturning a blatantly redistricted congressional map, in which the 2012 legislature redrew Tampa's 14th District to include portions of the City of Saint Petersburg and black populations in southern Pinellas County, Governor DeSantis' administration redrew Pinellas County's 13th District to be exclusive of these known Democratic areas.
In Pinellas County, which encompasses Clearwater and St. Petersburg, five people suffered storm-related deaths, said Cathie Perkins, director of emergency management, at a news conference Friday.
1859 Clear Water Harbor (later Clearwater, Florida) becomes first community on Pinellas. The first post office in Pinellas established there. [3]: 4 1861–1865 American Civil War. 1868 Anna Germain and John Donaldson are the first African-Americans to settle in lower Pinellas.
Brian J. Aungst Sr. (born January 22, 1954) is a Florida politician and retired communications executive who serves as mayor of Clearwater, the second-largest city in Pinellas County on Florida’s west coast and the 18th largest in Florida. Aungst has held the office since April 2023 and previously served as Clearwater mayor from 1999 to 2005. [1]
The fort was an important part of the early settlement of Clearwater and the surrounding area. Odet Philippe (the first permanent, non-native settler in Pinellas County ) owned a sutler's store during the time of the fort's occupation by the military, and so he was most likely doing business with the fort. [ 3 ]