In 1914 an airplane service across Tampa Bay from St. The Benoist XIV pictured taking off for the first time on January 1, 1914 Petersburg's first library opened on Decemwhich still operates to this day as the Mirror Lake Library. Lang eventually became mayor and ambassador for the city, and helped its permanent population grow tenfold in just a decade. Petersburg the destination for baseball teams and their fans by the 1920s. Louis Browns to move their spring training into the city, then worked tirelessly to make Grapefruit League training in and around St. Davis was instrumental to bringing the first trolley service in 1904.

By then the city's population had quadrupled to a population of 4,127 citizens. Further dredging improved the port facilities through the 1910s. With this transition, the development of the downtown waterfront had dredging of a deeper shipping channel from 1906 to 1908 which opened St. Petersburg was incorporated as a city in June 1903. Twentieth century Ĭampaign parade for Richard Nixon in St. Within a year, Hibbs Fish Company was shipping more than 1,000 pounds (450 kg) of fish each day. Hibbs (1862–1942), a native of Newport, North Carolina, established his wholesale fish business at the end of the railroad pier, which extended out to the shipping channel. The city's first major industry was born in 1899 when Henry W. Petersburg's first electrical service in 1897.

Petersburg Times which established in 1884. The first major newspaper to debut in Tampa Bay was the St. The oldest opearting hotels are the Pier Hotel (formally Hotel Cordova), built in 1921, and The Exchange Hotel (formalley The Heritage Hotel), built in 1926. The Detroit Hotel still exists downtown on Central Ave, but has been turned into a condominium. Williams named the first hotel after his birthplace, Detroit (a hotel built by Demens).

When Demens won the coin toss the city was named after Saint Petersburg, Russia, where Peter Demens had spent half of his youth, while John C. Williams and Peter Demens flipped a coin to see who would have the honor of naming the city. Petersburg was incorporated as a town on February 29, 1892, when it had a population of 300 people. Williams, formerly of Detroit, who purchased the land in 1875, and by Peter Demens, who was instrumental in bringing the terminus of the Orange Belt Railway there in 1888. Due to its good weather, the city has long been a popular retirement destination, although in recent years the population has moved in a much more youthful direction. With an average of 361 days of sunshine annually, and a Guinness World Record for the most consecutive days of sunshine (768 days between 19), it is nicknamed 'The Sunshine City.' Located on the Gulf of Mexico, the average water temperature is typically around 76 ☏ (24 ☌). Petersburg is governed by a mayor and city council. Pete Beach formally shortened its name in 1994 after a vote by its residents.

Petersburg is on the Pinellas peninsula between Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, and is connected to mainland Florida to the north. Petersburg–Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area, the second-largest in Florida with a population of around 2.8 million. Along with Clearwater, these cities are part of the Tampa–St. It is the largest city in the state that is not a county seat (the city of Clearwater is the seat of Pinellas County). As of the 2020 census, the population was 258,308, making it the fifth-most populous city in Florida and the second-largest city in the Tampa Bay Area, after Tampa. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States.

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