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Plant City

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1. Where is the City of Plant City located?

In the middle of the west coast of Florida, approximately 25 miles east of Tampa, immediately west of Lakeland, and 70 miles west of Orlando.

2. Why is Plant City known as the Winter Strawberry Capital?

Over three-quarters of the nation's midwinter strawberries come from Plant City, which is also the home of the Florida Strawberry Festival.

3. Where does Plant City get its name?

Not from the surrounding agricultural industry which has greatly added to the City's growth, but from Henry Bradley Plant. In 1884, Henry B. Plant extended the South Florida Railroad into the town and one year later, when the town was incorporated, it was renamed in his honor.