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Clearwater, Florida
City
City of Clearwater
Old Pinellas County Courthouse
Location in Pinellas County and the state of Florida
Location in Pinellas County and the state of Florida
Clearwater, Florida is located in the US
Clearwater, Florida
Clearwater, Florida
Location in Pinellas County and the state of Florida
Coordinates: 27°58′25″N 82°45′51″W / 27.97361°N 82.76417°W / 27.97361; -82.76417Coordinates: 27°58′25″N 82°45′51″W / 27.97361°N 82.76417°W / 27.97361; -82.76417
Country United States
State Florida
County Pinellas
First incorporation 1891
Second incorporation May 27, 1915
Government
 • Mayor George N. Cretekos
Area
 • City 39.2 sq mi (101.6 km2)
 • Land 25.6 sq mi (66.2 km2)
 • Water 13.7 sq mi (35.4 km2)
Elevation 30 ft (9 m)
Population (2010)
 • City 107,685
 • Density 2,700/sq mi (1,100/km2)
 • Metro 2,783,243 (shared with Tampa and St. Petersburg)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP Codes 33755–33769
Area code(s) 727
FIPS code 12-12875
GNIS feature ID 0280543
Website www.clearwater-fl.com

Clearwater is a city located in Pinellas County, Florida, United States, northwest of Tampa and St. Petersburg. To the west of Clearwater lies the Gulf of Mexico and to the southeast lies Tampa Bay. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 107,685. It is the county seat of Pinellas County. Clearwater is the smallest of the three principal cities in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan area, most commonly referred to as the Tampa Bay Area.

Cleveland Street is one of the city's historic avenues and the city includes Spectrum Field and Coachman Park. The city is separated by the Intracoastal Waterway from Clearwater Beach.

Clearwater is the home of Clearwater Marine Aquarium, where bottlenose dolphins Winter and Hope live.

Clearwater is the "worldwide spiritual headquarters" for the Church of Scientology.

Present-day Clearwater was originally the home of the people. Around 1835, the United States Army began construction of Fort Harrison, named after William Henry Harrison, as an outpost during the Seminole Wars. The fort was located on a bluff overlooking Clearwater Harbor, which later became part of an early 20th-century residential development called Harbor Oaks. University of South Florida archaeologists excavated the site in 1962 after Mark Wyllie discovered an under ground ammunition bunker while planting a tree in his yard.


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