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Pinellas County, Florida

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
78historic places
—earliest paper
1911formed
959,107pop. 2020
24cemeteries
2CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 78 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near St. Petersburg, Tarpon Springs, Clearwater.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Florida is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Pinellas titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

54 of 78 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

78 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Abercrombie Site ComplexSt. PetersburgSite2019
Alexander HotelSt. PetersburgBuilding1984
Anclote Key LighthouseAnclote Key IslandStructure1999
Andrews Memorial ChapelDunedinBuilding1972
Arcade HotelTarpon SpringsBuilding1984
Arfaras, N. G., Sponge Packing HouseTarpon SpringsBuilding1991
Bay Pines Site (8Pi64)Bay PinesSite1983
Bay Pines Veterans Administration Home and Hospital Historic DistrictBay PinesDistrict2012
Blatchley, Willis S., HouseDunedinBuilding2009
Boone HouseSt. PetersburgBuilding1986
Casa Coe da SolSt. PetersburgBuilding1980
Casa De Muchas FloresSt. PetersburgBuilding1985
Central High SchoolSt. PetersburgBuilding1984
Civitan Beach HouseIndian ShoresBuilding2021
Cleveland Street Post OfficeClearwaterBuilding1980
Cycadia CemeteryTarpon SpringsSite2019
DUCHESS (Sponge Hooking Boat)Tarpon SpringsStructure1990
Dennis HotelSt. PetersburgBuilding1986
Domestic Science and Manual Training SchoolSt. PetersburgBuilding1999
Don Ce Sar HotelSt. Petersburg BeachBuilding1975
Douglas, J. O., HouseDunedinBuilding1979
Downtown St. Petersburg Historic DistrictSt. PetersburgDistrict2004
Dunedin Isles Golf Club Golf CourseDunedinSite2014
First Methodist Church of St. PetersburgSt. PetersburgBuilding1990
Fort Desoto BatteriesSt. PetersburgStructure1977
GEORGE N. CRETEKOS (Sponge Diving Boat)Tarpon SpringsStructure1990
Green-Richman ArcadeSt. PetersburgBuilding1998
Gulfport CasinoGulfportBuilding2014
Harbor Oaks Residential DistrictClearwaterDistrict1988
Henry, James, HouseSt. PetersburgBuilding2013
House at 827 Mandalay AvenueClearwaterBuilding2021
Huggins-Stengel FieldSt. PetersburgSite2019
InglesideSafety HarborBuilding1992
Johnson, Louis, BuildingLargoBuilding1987
Jungle Prada SiteSt. PetersburgSite2003
Jungle Prada Site (Additional Documentation)St. PetersburgSite2019
Kenwood Historic DistrictSt. PetersburgDistrict2003
Kress, S.H., and Company BuildingSt. PetersburgBuilding2001
Maximo Beach SiteSt. PetersburgSite2019
McKeage, John & Florence, HouseSt. PetersburgBuilding2013
Meres, E. R., Sponge Packing HouseTarpon SpringsBuilding1991
Mount Olive African Methodist Episcopal ChurchClearwaterBuilding2000
N.K. SYMI (Sponge Diving Boat)Tarpon SpringsStructure1990
North Shore Historic DistrictSt. PetersburgDistrict2003
North Ward SchoolClearwaterBuilding2021
Old Belleair Town HallBelleairBuilding1994
Pass-A-Grille Historic District (Boundary Increase)St. Pete BeachDistrict2003
Pass-a-Grille Historic DistrictSt. Petersburg BeachDistrict1989
Peninsular Fruit Company BuildingSt. PetersburgBuilding2023
Pinellas County Courthouse, OldClearwaterBuilding1992
Potter HouseSt. PetersburgBuilding1986
Princess Mound SiteSt. PetersburgSite2019
Roebling, Donald, EstateClearwaterBuilding1979
Rose Hill CemeteryTarpon SpringsSite2017
Roser Park Historic DistrictSt. PetersburgDistrict1998
Rothman, Maurice and Thelma, HouseSaint PetersburgBuilding2013
Round Lake Historic DistrictSt. PetersburgDistrict2003
ST. NICHOLAS III (Sponge Diving Boat)Tarpon SpringsStructure1990
ST. NICHOLAS VI (Sponge Diving Boat)Tarpon SpringsStructure1990
Safety Harbor Site NHLSafety HarborSite1966
Safford HouseTarpon SpringsBuilding1974
Sanitary Public MarketSt. PetersburgBuilding2002
Snell ArcadeSt. PetersburgBuilding1982
South Ward SchoolClearwaterBuilding1979
St. Petersburg Lawn Bowling ClubSt. PetersburgDistrict1980
St. Petersburg Public LibrarySt. PetersburgBuilding1986
St. Petersburg Woman's ClubSt. PetersburgBuilding1994
Studebaker BuildingSt. PetersburgBuilding1985
Sunset HotelSt. PetersburgBuilding2014
Tarpon Springs City Hall, OldTarpon SpringsBuilding1990
Tarpon Springs Greektown Historic DistrictTarpon SpringsDistrict2014
Tarpon Springs High School, OldTarpon SpringsBuilding1990
Tarpon Springs Historic DistrictTarpon SpringsDistrict1990
U.S. Post OfficeSt. PetersburgBuilding1975
Veillard HouseSt. PetersburgBuilding1982
Vinoy Park HotelSt. PetersburgBuilding1978
Weeden Island SiteSt. PetersburgSite1972
Williams, John C., HouseSt. PetersburgBuilding1975

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Pinellas was formed in 1911 (1911-11-14) from Hillsborough.

PINELLAS created from HILLSBOROUGH.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Pinellas County population from 1920 to 2020 (Census historical series).

959k494k28k19201960197020002020
1920194019501960198020002020
28,26591,852159,249374,665728,531921,482959,107

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
De Soto National MemorialPark unit45.2 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

24 cemeteries and 5 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 24 of 24 listed
NameLatLon
Bay Pines National Cemetery27.80888-82.77287
Chapel Hill Memorial Park27.89051-82.75283
Curlew Hills Memory Gardens28.04971-82.75415
Cycadia Cemetery28.14668-82.73677
Dunedin Cemetery28.00835-82.76038
Dunedin Highland Memorial Park28.00327-82.78139
Eternal Light Mausoleums and Gardens27.84891-82.66649
Garden of Peace Cemetery27.85002-82.66649
Greenwood Cemetery27.75986-82.64556
Lincoln Cemetery27.76419-82.7101
McMullen Cemetery27.97446-82.74205
Memorial Park27.81697-82.70121
Memorial Park Cemetery27.81919-82.70177
Parklawn Memorial Cemetery28.02946-82.74816
Parklawn Memory Gardens28.07391-82.75816
Rose Hill Cemetery28.14868-82.73527
Rousseau Pioneer Cemetery27.95308-82.75427
Royal Palm Cemetery27.76725-82.70982
Royal Palm of Saint Petersburg27.76308-82.70954
Serenity Gardens Memorial Park27.89249-82.82833
Sunnyside Cemetery27.8203-82.65927
Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park Cemetery27.99409-82.71887
The Garden Sanctuary27.86697-82.81788
Woodlawn Cemetery27.76947-82.71343
Historical populated places — 5 of 5
NameLatLon
Acklocknayke28.08363-82.78316
Belle Vista Beach27.71864-82.73788
Don Ce-Sar Place27.70947-82.73677
Oakhurst27.83919-82.80177
Totstalahoeetska27.83364-82.63315

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Fort Brooke6,00131.9 kmFL004
Tampa2,27933.7 kmFL002

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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