Community
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 era. |
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