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Fort Pierce
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county seat of St. Lucie County, Florida, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- County
- St. Lucie
- Settled
- c. 1860s
- Type
- Commission-Manager
- Mayor
- Linda Hudson
- Commissioners
- List Michael Broderick, District 2 Curtis Johnson, Jr. District 1 vacant, District 2 Arnold S. Gaines, District 1
- City manager
- Richard Chess
- City clerk
- Linda Cox
- City attorney
- Andrea Duenas
- Total
- 29.84 sq mi (77.29 km )
- Land
- 23.79 sq mi (61.62 km )
- Water
- 6.05 sq mi (15.67 km )
- Elevation
- 20 ft (6.1 m)
- Density
- 1,988.0/sq mi (767.59/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 34945–34951, 34954, 34979, 34981-34982
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Fort Pierce
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- St. Lucie County
- Population
- 47297
- Area
- 75.802166
- Elevation
- 5
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- St. Lucie County
- Official website
- www.cityoffortpierce.com
- Image
- Fort Pierce Inlet Fort Pierce Florida photo Don Ramey Logan.jpg
- Households
- 16687
- Dialing code
- 722
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- postal code
- 34982
- Commons category
- Fort Pierce, Florida
- topic's main category
- Category:Fort Pierce, Florida
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Fort Pierce, Florida
- water as percent of area
- 22.4147
- per capita income
- 19833
- inception
- 1901-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Fort Pierce is a city in and the county seat of St. Lucie County, Florida, United States. An hour north of West Palm Beach, the city is part of the Treasure Coast region of Florida’s Atlantic Coast. It is also known as the Sunrise City. Per the 2020 census, the population was 47,297.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fort Pierce” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.