Largo, Florida
Largo, Florida | |
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Largo Public Library | |
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| Nickname: The City of Progress | |
Location in Pinellas County and the state of Florida | |
| Coordinates: 27°54′35″N 82°45′04″W / 27.90972°N 82.75111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| County | Pinellas |
| Incorporated | June 6, 1905 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Commission–Manager |
| Area | |
• Total | 19.59 sq mi (50.73 km2) |
| • Land | 18.60 sq mi (48.17 km2) |
| • Water | 0.99 sq mi (2.56 km2) |
| Elevation | 3 ft (0.91 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 82,485 |
| • Density | 4,435.4/sq mi (1,712.52/km2) |
| Demonym | Largoan |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code(s) | 33770-33779 |
| Area code | 727 |
| FIPS code | 12-39425 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2404885 |
| Website | www |
Largo is the third largest city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States, and the fourth largest in the Tampa Bay area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 82,485, up from 77,648 in 2010.
Largo was first incorporated in 1905. In 1913, it became the first municipality in Pinellas County to adopt a council-manager government. It switched back and forth between "town" and "city" a few times, and became a city again in 1974. It was an exporter of agricultural products until the 1960s population growth began to transform it into a bedroom community. From 1905 to 2010, Largo grew in area from 9⁄16 of a square mile (1.5 km2) to about 19 square miles (48 km2), and in population from about 300 people to more than 70,000. Largo began as a rural farming community and became the third largest city in Florida's most densely populated county.
Largo is a sister city to Tosayamada, Kōchi, Japan, and has been named a National Arbor Day Tree City for 35 years in a row as of 2023.