Philippe Park

Local namePhilippe Park
LocationFlorida

Philippe Park is a Pinellas County park located in Safety Harbor, Florida. The park is named after Odet Philippe, who is credited with introducing grapefruit to Florida. It is situated on 122 acres that was once part of Philippe's plantation. Philippe was the county's first non-native settler, arriving in 1842. Philippe is buried in the park but the exact location is undetermined.A Tocobaga Indian mound that is situated in the park is a National Historic Landmark known as the Safety Harbor Site.

The temple mound is one of the last remnants of the Tocobaga on the Pinellas Peninsula. Records indicate that Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, the founder of St. Augustine, Florida, visited the site in 1566 to help broker a truce between the Tocobaga and the Calusa to the south.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Park

Official Website http://www.pinellascounty.org/park/11_Philippe.htm

Coordinates 28°0'26.814" N -82°40'46.066" E

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