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Pinellas Then
By Trevor
An orange tree by Sam |
- In 1528 Panfilo de Narvaez discovered the Pinellas Peninsula.
- The word Pinellas comes from the Spanish "Punta Pinal" which means Point of Pines.
- In 1912 Pinellas County separated from Hillsborough County.
- There are indian burial mounds all over Pinellas County.
- The first Pinellas County court house was built in 1912 in Clearwater.
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Back in the 1870's Dunedin was called Jonesboro. Many people tried to open general goods stores, but they went out of business. Two Scotsmen named Dounglas and Somerville opened a general store and the first post office. This allowed them to name the town Dunedin, after their home in Scotland. |
An orange tree by Trevor | | 
A historic home by Sam |
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