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Dade City
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county seat of Pasco County, Florida, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- County
- Pasco
- Settled
- 1870s–1880s
- Incorporated
- 1884 or 1885
- Reincorporated
- June 5, 1889
- Named after
- Francis L. Dade
- Type
- Commission-City Manager
- Mayor
- Scott Black
- Mayor pro tem
- Normita "Angel" Woodard
- City manager
- Marieke vanErven
- City clerk
- Angie Guy
- City commissioners
- Kristin H. Church, Ann E. Cosentino, and James D. Shive
- City
- 7.813 sq mi (20.236 km )
- Land
- 7.586 sq mi (19.648 km )
- Water
- 0.227 sq mi (0.589 km )
- Elevation
- 118 ft (36 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 8,646
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Dade City
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Pasco County
- Population
- 7275
- Area
- 15.821825
- Elevation
- 36
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Pasco County
- Official website
- www.dadecityfl.com
- Image
- Pasco Cty Courthouse Dade City.jpg
- Households
- 2371
- Dialing code
- 352
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- Commons category
- Dade City, Florida
- topic's main category
- Category:Dade City, Florida
- P8168
- Eleanor of Sicily
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Dade City, Florida
- water as percent of area
- 3.1161
- per capita income
- 21913
- postal code
- 33526
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Encyclopedic overview
Dade City is a city in, and the county seat of Pasco County, Florida, United States. It is located in the Tampa Bay Area, northeast of Tampa and southwest of Orlando. The population was 7,275 as of the 2020 census. The current mayor of Dade City is Scott Black.
The city was named after U.S. Army Major Francis L. Dade, who was killed—alongside most of the men he led from Fort Brooke (present-day Tampa) to Fort King (present-day Ocala)—in the Dade Battle, a pivotal event that sparked the Second Seminole War.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dade City” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.