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Plant City, Florida
At the hub of eastern Hillsborough
County, Plant City lies 10 miles
west of Lakeland and 24 miles east
of the protected waters of Tampa
Bay.
Entering Plant City from Interstate
4 or from US Highway 92, streets
canopied with ancient oaks embrace
and welcome you to a city that wears
its past proudly. The area
surrounding Plant City is a
patchwork quilt of pastures, citrus
groves, strawberry fields and
nursery farms. The agricultural
fabric is laced together by an
infrastructure of highways and
railroads that move its fruits of
labor to far-flung worldwide
markets.
Plant City's high standard of living
comes from its treasured land.
Mining, agriculture and the
businesses that support these
industries remain the foothold of
the local economy.
Strawberries are the valued crops
for which Plant City is most widely
known. The majority of all the
winter strawberries in the US are
grown on 7,000 acres of farmland
surrounding Plant City. This area,
rich in minerals and fertile soil,
has a history of prosperity and
promise that proceeds the Civil War
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