Pasco County, Florida
The story of Dade City
Everything below is a single verifiable claim with a citation attached. Where the record is a local legend rather than a document, it says so.
- Kumquat harvest: November to March
- January — Kumquat Festival
founding
How it started
- 1889
The Hatton post office became the Dade City post office on 18 December 1884; the town reincorporated as a city on 5 June 1889 and became the seat of Pasco County when the county was created in 1887.
etymology
How it got its name
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The city is named for US Army Major Francis L. Dade, killed in the battle that opened the Second Seminole War.
industry
What it lived on
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Kumquats. The fruit grows here in quantity and the town built its annual festival around it.
claim to fame
What it is known for
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The Kumquat Festival: an entire town festival for a citrus fruit most of the country has never eaten.
landmark
What still stands
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The courthouse square, home to the Dade City Cruise-In car show.
- 1975
The Pioneer Florida Museum, opened on Labor Day 1975, holding a 1913 locomotive, a Methodist church, a pre-Civil War house, an old school and a train depot.