There were many other freshwater springs that dotted the bluff, many in the bay or harbor itself.
The name "Clear Water" is thought to have come from a fresh water spring flowing from near where the City Hall building is located today. Prior to 1906, the area was known as Clear Water Harbor. Early settlers included the Stevens, Stevenson, Sever and McMullen families, who claimed and farmed large tracts of land. The area's population grew after the Federal Armed Occupation Act of 1842 offered 160 acres (0.65 km 2) to anyone who would bear arms and cultivate the land. University of South Florida archaeologists excavated the site in 1962 after Mark Wyllie discovered an underground ammunition bunker while planting a tree in his yard. The fort was located on a bluff overlooking Clearwater Harbor, which later became part of an early 20th-century residential development called Harbor Oaks. Around 1835, the United States Army began construction of Fort Harrison, named after William Henry Harrison, as an outpost during the Seminole Wars. Present-day Clearwater was originally the home of the Tocobaga people. History Clearwater at daybreak, as seen from Clearwater Beach The Church of Scientology owns the majority of property in the Clearwater downtown core district. Cleveland Street is one of the city's historic avenues, and the city includes Ba圜are Ballpark and Coachman Park. Petersburg–Clearwater metropolitan area, most commonly referred to as the Tampa Bay Area.Ĭlearwater Beach is part of the city of Clearwater, but is separated from it by the Intracoastal Waterway. Clearwater is the county seat of Pinellas County and is the smallest of the three principal cities in the Tampa–St. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 117,292. To the west of Clearwater lies the Gulf of Mexico and to the southeast lies Tampa Bay. A figure skater pictured at the Clearwater Ice ArenaĬlearwater is a city located in Pinellas County, Florida, United States, west of Tampa and north of St.
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