Plant City, Florida Plant City, Florida City Plant City's town/city hall Plant City's town/city hall Official seal of Plant City, Florida Plant City, Florida is positioned in the US Plant City, Florida - Plant City, Florida Plant City is a town/city in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States, approximately midway between Brandon and Lakeland along Interstate 4.

Plant City is known as the winter strawberry capital of the world and hosts the annual Florida Strawberry Festival in the late winter (usually in February or early March), which is attended by citizens from all over the United States as well as many citizens from around the world.

Wishnatzki Farms, the biggest strawberry producer in Florida, has a large existence in Plant City. 9 Sister metros/cities Plant City's initial name was Ichepucksassa (also known as Idasukshed) after the Indian village that once occupied the territory. Its name caused so much confusion that the town/city was retitled "Cork", after the postmaster's Irish hometown.

It was finally given the name "Plant City" in commemoration of Henry B.

Plant and his barns , which decidedly boosted the commerce in this primarily agricultural improve by incorporating it with the South Florida Railroad.

The columnist John Keasler, who wrote 7,000 columns over 30 years for The Miami News, hailed from Plant City.

Country singer Pam Tillis was born in Plant City.

Plant City was the spring training home of baseball's Cincinnati Reds, who played exhibition games at Plant City Stadium from 1988 to 1997.

Plant City is positioned in northeastern Hillsborough County at 28 1 N 82 8 W (28.0142, -82.1289). Interstate 4 runs through the northern part of the city, with access from Exits 17 through 25.

Route 92 is the chief highway through the center of Plant City, running generally alongside to I-4.

Florida State Road 39 crosses US 92 in the center of Plant City and leads north 15 miles (24 km) to Zephyrhills and south 6 miles (10 km) to Hopewell.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Plant City has a total region of 28.1 square miles (72.8 km2), of which 27.2 square miles (70.4 km2) are territory and 0.93 square miles (2.4 km2), or 3.31%, are water. The town/city and its encircling area are in the Southern Flatwoods ecological improve as defined by the US Department of Agriculture. The region as a whole is noted for its sandy, infertile, and poorly drained soils.

In and around Plant City, however, high organic matter content and scattered phosphate nodules make many of the soils more fertile than typical for the flatwoods. Plant City, as does most of Florida, has a humid subtropical climate with humid and hot summers and warm, drier winters.

Climate data for Plant City, Florida The Hillsborough County School District operates all enhance schools in Plant City.

Plant City High School (9-12) Plant City Adult Learning Lab (GED Prep) Location of Plant City in Hillsborough County, Florida As of the census of 2000, there were 29,915 citizens , 10,849 homeholds, and 7,843 families residing in the city.

The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 71.67% White, 16.16% African American, 0.37% Native American, 0.89% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 9.10% from other competitions, and 1.77% from two or more competitions.

In the city, the populace was spread out with 29.4% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who were 65 years of age or older.

The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $37,584, and the median income for a family was $43,328.

The per capita income for the town/city was $18,815.

Plant City Airport is a public-use airport positioned 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of the central company district.

Plant City Union Depot served both the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Seaboard Air Line Railroad even after the consolidation into the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad until passenger service ceased operations in 1971.

Plant City Police patch The Plant City Police Department (PCPD) is the law enforcement agency for the town/city of Plant City.

There are a several locations in Plant City which have been encompassed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Downtown Plant City Commercial District Downtown Plant City Historic Residential District North Plant City Residential District Plant City High School Plant City Union Depot On October 12, 2009, the Plant City Commissioners voted 4-1 to essentially ban all new murals in the Historic District of Plant City.

Even though the creators of the mural insisted it was not intentional, and immediately altered the section of the mural, City Commissioners hastily cast the vote adding that they may revisit this ban in the future.

City Commissioner Bill Dodson was the only vote against the ban saying he was looking for a more thought out and complete ordinance over an immediate and outright ban.

See also: List of sister metros/cities in Florida Plant City has formalized sister town/city agreements with the following city: a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Plant City city, Florida".

Plant Cit official website "Average Weather for Plant City, FL - Temperature and Precipitation".

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