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Place Name
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Plant City
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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22,754 (1990)
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Location
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Hillsborough County, Florida (FL), United States, North America
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Latitude
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28°00'N
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Longitude
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82°27'W
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Plant City
, city (1990 pop. 22,754), Hillsborough co., W
central Fla., 15 mi/24 km E of Tampa;
28°00'N 82°27'W. It is a processing, trade, and shipping center
located in a growing suburban region at edge of metropolitan Tampa. The
city is known esp. for its strawberries. Plant City was settled on the
site of a Native Amer. village and developed with the coming of the RR
in 1884. A large state farmers' market is here. Inc. 1885.
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