Clearwater

Clearwater
/klear"waw'teuhr, -wot'euhr/, n.
a city in W Florida. 85,450.

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      city, seat (1912) of Pinellas county, west-central Florida, U.S. It lies on Clearwater Harbor (part of the Intracoastal Waterway), just west of Tampa via the Courtney Campbell Causeway across Old Tampa Bay. Together with St. Petersburg (Saint Petersburg), about 15 miles (25 km) to the southeast, these three cities form the core of one of the state's largest metropolitan areas.

       Timucua, Calusa, and Apalachee peoples originally inhabited the area. The Spanish explorers Pánfilo de Narváez (Narváez, Panfilo de) (1528) and Hernando de Soto (Soto, Hernando de) (1539) visited the region. Odet Philippe, a former surgeon in Napoleon I's navy, planted citrus groves there in the mid-1830s. Fort Harrison was established (c. 1841) on the coastal bluffs, and settlers began arriving after a federal act making land grants was passed in 1842. A small farming and fishing settlement called Clear Water Harbor (named for the clear springs that once bubbled up offshore) evolved. Tourism developed after the arrival of the Orange Belt Railroad (1888). Urban and industrial expansion was rapid after World War II.

      Tourism is still the main factor in Clearwater's economy. Services (especially health care), high-technology industries, and manufacturing (notably medical equipment) are also important, and the region is a popular retirement area. The city is connected to Clearwater Beach, on a white-sand key (island), by the Garden Memorial Causeway. Clearwater Municipal Marina berths a sport-fishing fleet. The Clearwater Marine Aquarium rehabilitates injured marine animals. Caladesi Island State Park is just northwest of the city. The Clearwater Jazz Holiday, a large music festival, is held annually in October. The city also has a branch campus of St. Petersburg Junior College. Inc. town, 1897; city, 1915. Pop. (1990) city, 98,784; Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater MSA, 2,067,959; (2000) city, 108,787; Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater MSA, 2,395,997.

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