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Blount was born December 5, 1986, in Madison, Florida, to Gary and Barbara Blount. He has two siblings. [2] Blount attended Taylor County High School in the small town of Perry, Florida, where he was a two-sport star in both football and track & field. [3] In high school football, he was a four-year starter and three-time 1,000-yard rusher. He ...
Blountstown is named for John Blount, a Creek Indian [6] chief who served as a guide for General Andrew Jackson during his invasion of Spanish Florida in 1818. This invasion was not directed at Spain, per se, but at Seminole Indians who would attack settlements north of Florida, then retreat to relative safety below the border of Spanish Florida.
Bartow, Florida. Location of Bartow in Polk County, Florida. / 27.88694°N 81.82139°W / 27.88694; -81.82139. Bartow ( / ˈbɑːrtoʊ / BAR-toh) is a city and the county seat of Polk County, Florida, United States. Founded in 1851 as Fort Blount, the city was renamed in honor of Francis S. Bartow, the first brigade commander of the ...
William Blount (April 6, 1749 – March 21, 1800) [ 1] was an American politician, landowner and Founding Father who was one of the signers of the Constitution of the United States. He was a member of the North Carolina delegation at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and led the efforts for North Carolina to ratify the Constitution in 1789 ...
South Tampa is a region of several neighborhoods in Tampa, Florida and is located on the Interbay Peninsula. It is surrounded by Tampa Bay on the west, Hillsborough Bay on the east and West Tampa on the north. [3] Its main roadways include Dale Mabry Highway, U.S. Route 92 (Gandy Boulevard), West Shore Boulevard, Bayshore Boulevard, Bay to Bay ...
Hillsborough County is a county located in the west-central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. In the 2020 census, the population was 1,459,762, [2] making it the fourth-most populous county in Florida and the most populous county outside the Miami metropolitan area. A 2021 estimate has the population of Hillsborough County at 1,512,070 ...
List of mammals of Florida. Dolphin, state saltwater mammal; [1] Florida panther, state animal; [2] and manatee, state marine mammal [1] This is a list of mammal species found in the wild in the American state of Florida. One hundred sixteen species of mammals are known to inhabit, or have recently inhabited, the state and its surrounding waters.
TAMPA, Fla. - Sheilina Henry is opening a new Flemings Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar in Tampa this fall. Her first restaurant job was as a server at a Pizza Hut in Chicago. She got promoted to ...