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.