Timeline of Clearwater, Florida

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Clearwater, Florida, USA.

19th century

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1888
- Settlement of Clear Water Harbor founded.^[1]
- "Narrow-gauge railroad" begins operating.^[1]
1891
- Town of Clear Water Harbor incorporated.^[1]
- James E. Crane becomes mayor.
1894 - Orange Belt Railroad begins operating.^[1]
1897 - Belleview Hotel in business in nearby Belleair.^[2]
1900 - Population: 343.^[3]

1905 - Population: 610.^[3]
1906 - Clear Water Harbor renamed "Clearwater."^[1]
1911 - Clearwater Yacht Club formed.
1912 - Clearwater designated seat of newly created Pinellas County.^[2]
1914
- Clearwater Evening Sun newspaper begins publication.^[4]
- Tampa and Gulf Coast Railroad begins operating.^[1]
1915 - City of Clearwater incorporated.^[5]
1916 - Public library and bridge to Clearwater Beach built.^[2]
1918 - Pinellas County Courthouse built.^[1]
1920 - Population: 2,427.
1921 - Capitol Theatre in business.^[6]
1923 - Peace Memorial Church built.^[7]
1926 - Fort Harrison Hotel rebuilt.
1930 - Population: 7,607.
1948 - WTAN radio begins broadcasting.^[8]
1950 - Population: 15,581.
1953 - Palm Drive-In cinema in business.^[6]
1959 - WAZE radio begins broadcasting.^[8]
1970 - Population: 52,074.
1972 - Marine Science Center established.^[1]
1976
- Church of Scientology headquartered in Clearwater.^[9]
- Countryside Six cinema in business.^[6]
1978 - May 4: Tornado occurs.^[1]
1980 - Population: 85,170.
1984 - Regional Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority formed.
1998 - City website online (approximate date).^[10]^[11]

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Hellmann 2006.
1 2 3 "About Us: History". Myclearwater.com. City of Clearwater. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
1 2 "Population of Cities and Towns", Census of the State of Florida...1905, Tallahassee: Capital Pub. Co.
↑ "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
↑ Florida Legislative Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (2001), Overview of Municipal Incorporations in Florida (PDF), LCIR Report, Tallahassee
1 2 3 "Movie Theaters in Clearwater, FL". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
↑ Federal Writers' Project 1939.
1 2 "United States AM Stations: Florida", Yearbook of Radio and Television, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1964, OCLC 7469377 – via Internet Archive
↑ Farley 2004.
↑ "City of Clearwater, Florida Home Page". Archived from the original on December 12, 1998 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
↑ Kevin Hyde; Tamie Hyde (eds.). "United States of America: Florida". Official City Sites. Utah. OCLC 40169021. Archived from the original on August 24, 2000.
↑ "Clearwater city, Florida". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
↑ Florida Legislative Office of Economic and Demographic Research; U.S. Census Bureau (2011), "City of Clearwater", 2010 Census Detailed City Profiles
↑ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington DC. Retrieved April 20, 2017.

St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and Vicinity (Tarpon Springs, Dunedin, Gulfport, Largo and Pass-A-Grille) City Directory. R.L. Polk & Co. 1914.
"Clearwater". Florida State Gazetteer and Business Directory. R. L. Polk & Co. 1918.
Clearwater (Pinellas County, Fla.) City Directory. R.L. Polk & Co. 1937.
Federal Writers’ Project (1939). "Clearwater". Florida: a Guide to the Southernmost State. American Guide Series. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 424–425 – via Google Books.
Clearwater, Dunedin and Largo (Pinellas County, Fla.) City Directory. R.L. Polk & Co. 1965.
- 1973 ed.
Hampton Dunn. Yesterday's Clearwater. Miami: E.A. Seeman Publishing, 1973.
Lisa Coleman (2002). Clearwater. Images of America. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia.
Sandra W. Rooks; Randolph Lightfoot (2002). Clearwater, Florida. Black America. Arcadia. ISBN 978-0-7385-1473-4.
Robert Farley (July 18, 2004), "Scientology's Town", St. Petersburg Times
Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "Florida: Clearwater". Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1-135-94859-3.

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