Plant City
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city in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- County
- Hillsborough
- Settled ichepuckesassa
- c. mid-1800s-1859
- Settled cork
- c. 1860-January 9, 1885
- Incorporated town of plant city
- January 10, 1885
- Named after
- Henry B. Plant
- Mayor
- Nathan A. Kilton
- Vice mayor
- Mary Thomas Mathis
- Commissioners
- William D. Dodson, Michael S. Sparkman, and Jason M. Jones
- City manager
- Bill McDaniel
- City clerk
- Kerri J. Miller
- Total
- 29.12 sq mi (75.43 km )
- Land
- 28.19 sq mi (73.02 km )
- Water
- 0.93 sq mi (2.41 km )
- Elevation
- 128 ft (39 m)
- Density
- 1,410.4/sq mi (544.57/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Named after
- Henry B. Plant
- Official name
- Plant City
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Hillsborough County
- Population
- 39764
- Area
- 72.81631
- Elevation
- 39
- Official website
- www.plantcitygov.com
- Image
- PlantCityHall.jpg
- Households
- 14223
- Dialing code
- 813
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- Commons category
- Plant City, Florida
- postal code
- 33567
- inception
- 1885-01-01
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Plant City, Florida
- P8168
- Piron
- water as percent of area
- 3.3089
- per capita income
- 26674
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Encyclopedic overview
Plant City is an incorporated city in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States, approximately midway between Brandon and Lakeland along Interstate 4. It is part of the Tampa Bay area. The population was 39,764 at the 2020 census.
Despite many thinking it was named for flora grown at plant nurseries (especially vegetables and fruits, as well as tropical houseplants) in its subtropical Gulf Coast climate, it was named after prominent railroad developer Henry B. Plant (see Plant System).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Plant City” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.