Clair-Mel City, Florida
Clair-Mel City, Florida | |
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  Clair-Mel City  Clair-Mel City | |
| Coordinates: 27°56′0″N 82°22′42″W / 27.93333°N 82.37833°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| County | Hillsborough |
| Area | |
| • Land | 0.64 sq mi (1.66 km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 33619 |
| Area code | 813 |
| GNIS feature ID | 301140 |
Clair-Mel City (Clair Mel) is an unincorporated community in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. The community is combined with Palm River to form the census-designated place of Palm River-Clair Mel.
History
[edit]On April 10, 1978, a three-way traffic collision in Clair-Mel City killed the driver of a tank truck and injured two other motorists. A cloud of ammonia gas escaped from the overturned truck, forcing several hundred people to evacuate.[1]
In 2007, Kendrick Morris was wanted for the rape of an elderly woman at a Clair-Mel daycare center. He was arrested at the Bloomingdale Regional Public Library on April 29, 2008, after raping an 18-year-old who was returning her books to the library. He was sentenced to life in prison in March 2017.[2]
Geography
[edit]Clair Mel City is located at 27.93 North, 82.38 West (27.933359, -82.37821),[3] or approximately 7 miles (11 km) east-southeast of Tampa. It is on Florida State Road 676.
Description
[edit]Clair Mel boundaries include Palm River to the west, Tampa city limits to the north, the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway to the east, and Progress Village to the south.
Education
[edit]Spoto High School serves the community.
Notable people
[edit]- Sandy Amorós, MLB left fielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers, lived here with the Germain family.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gas Leak Cut Off After Hundreds Flee". The Pittsburgh Press. Vol. 91, no. 287. UPI. April 10, 1978. p. A-4. Retrieved September 3, 2021 – via Google News.
- ^ Wells, Mike; Krause, Thomas W. (June 7, 2008). "Officials release papers in case of rape outside Tampa library". The Tampa Tribune. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "Sandy Amorós (SABR BioProject)". Society for American Baseball Research.
