In the 1870's, the area began to be settled, and the businesses and main population center located further east to be closer to the newly planned railroad line and the Withlacoochee River. In 1884, Dade City was incorporated.
Dade City
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Dade City is a city in and the county seat of Pasco County, Florida, United States. It is located in the Tampa Bay Area, north east of Tampa and south east of Orlando. The population was 7,275 as of the 2020 census. Wikipedia
ZIP codes: 33523, 33525, 33526
Population: 7,670 (2022)
Hardiness zone: Zones 9b
Elevation: 118 ft (36 m)
Incorporated: 1889
Named for: Francis L. Dade
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Lawrence Puckett (1906–1985) settled in Dade City in 1925. He later became involved in politics and served as mayor of Dade City from 1981–1983 and as a member ...
Established in 1889, Dade City is the county seat of Pasco County, and also serves as a commercial center for an area encompassing more than 7,500 residents ...
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Dade City was originally established on December 23, 1836 as "Fort Dade", a year after the "Dade Massacre" and the death of Major Dade. In 1845 the Fort Dade ...
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The close of the first Seminole war saw Fort Dade the only settlement of whites in the eastern part of what is now Pasco county. With the ending of hostilities ...
Founded in 1884 by some Civil War veterans from Kentucky. However, Dade City was a small community settled well before the actual incorporation as a city. The ...
The founding of Fort Dade at Lachoochee protected homesteaders in the region but it wasn't until the arrival of the railroad in 1884 that the present-day Dade ...
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The settlement that was named Fort Dade began to evolve when James Gibbons was issued a land patent for 160 acres in 1842, although indigenous peoples inhabited ...
Dec 9, 2020 · The school was established in 1888. The school's former location was on the corner of what today is Martin Luther King Boulevard and 6th Avenue.
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Dade City was first incorporated in 1884 or 1885. That incorporation seems to have been forgotten subsequently, and the city was incorporated again in 1889.
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