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St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States.As of the 2020 census, the population was 258,308, making it the fifth-most populous city in Florida and the most populous city in the state that is not a county seat (the city of Clearwater is the seat of Pinellas County). [4]
This region of Pinellas was first settled in the 1830s and 1840s by Odet Phillippe, a French Huguenot from Charleston, SC, along with the McMullen Family from Quitman, Georgia and the British Richard Booth family who planted citrus groves and raised cattle.
There have been 54 mayors of St. Petersburg, Florida. David Moffett was the city's first mayor. The current mayor is Ken Welch, the city's first African American mayor. Late 19th century mayor J. A. Armistead had an opera house. He allowed Indian mounds on his property to be excavated for research.
Charlie Crist (b. 1956), U.S. Representative and former governor of Florida [50] Zeola Hershey Misener (1878–1966), suffragist and one of the first women elected to the Indiana General Assembly [ 51 ]
Pages in category "People from Saint Petersburg" The following 94 pages are in this category, out of 94 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Brian Lee Harris (born November 26, 1966) is an American retired professional wrestler.He is best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling, Smoky Mountain Wrestling, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Brian Lee and with the World Wrestling Federation as Chainz and an impersonator version of The Undertaker.
Founded Raymond James Financial in St. Petersburg in 1962 Thomas James (1942/43–) Businessman; chairman of Raymond James Financial, an S&P 500-listed financial services company headquartered in St. Petersburg: Lives in St. Petersburg; graduated from Stetson College of Law in St. Petersburg: George W. Jenkins (1907–1996) Businessman; founder ...
The name day of Peter I falls on 29 June, when the Russian Orthodox Church observes the memory of apostles Peter and Paul.The consecration of the small wooden church in their names (its construction began at the same time as the citadel) made them the heavenly patrons of the Peter and Paul Fortress, while Saint Peter at the same time became the eponym of the whole city.