City Display Timeline
City Display Timeline
The city timeline gives you an idea of the important events in the city history.
The surrounding cities of St. Petersburg and Largo were closing in on Seminole. These cities were planning to annex the Seminole community.
In November of 1970, two city leaders, Dennis DeLoach and William Dunlop, met to finalize state requirements to become a city. They also elected a city council and mayor. The city council is listed on the plaque. The first mayor was Russell Stewart.
The following Tuesday a state judge swore in the new city government.