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Tampa is a major Gulf Coast city in Florida and the county seat of Hillsborough County, serving as the third-most populous city in Florida with 403,364 residents at the 2020 census and anchoring a metropolitan area of over 3.42 million people - the second-largest in the state. The city's modern development began in 1824 with Fort Brooke's establishment, but rapid growth came in the mid-1880s following Henry B. Plant's railroad arrival and Vicente Martinez Ybor's cigar factory construction, leading to Tampa's reincorporation as a city in 1887. Today, Tampa's economy is driven by tourism, health care, finance, insurance, technology, construction, and maritime industries, with the state's largest port generating over $15 billion in economic impact and hosting major employers including Fortune 500 companies Crown Holdings and The Mosaic Company. The city features cultural attractions including the Tampa Museum of Art, Straz Center for the Performing Arts, and the historic Ybor City district reflecting Cuban and Spanish heritage, along with prominent institutions like the University of South Florida and University of Tampa. Tampa is home to three major professional sports teams - the Buccaneers (NFL), Lightning (NHL), and Rays (MLB) - and hosts the headquarters of United States Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base, described as the most important military headquarters after the Pentagon. Land o' Lakes is a census-designated place in Pasco County, Florida, part of the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan area, with a population of 35,929 as of the 2020 U.S. census. The area was taken from Native American inhabitants during the Second Seminole War in the 1830s, and by the early 1900s a railroad line and station were established, with the community officially renamed Land o' Lakes in September 1950. The CDP expanded throughout the 20th century by absorbing surrounding communities including Denham, Ehren, and Gowers Corner, and was home to Dupree Gardens, one of Florida's original roadside tourist attractions. Land o' Lakes serves as an educational hub for Pasco County with four public high schools including Land o Lakes High School and Sunlake High School, plus numerous charter and private institutions. The community features major transportation corridors including U.S. Route 41 and State Roads 52 and 54, and maintains cultural attractions such as Conner Preserve, Cypress Creek Preserve, and an honorary mayor position established in 1968. Plant City is an incorporated city in Hillsborough County, Florida, located approximately midway between Brandon and Lakeland along Interstate 4 in the Tampa Bay area, with a population of 39,764 according to the 2020 census. Named after railroad developer Henry B. Plant and his South Florida Railroad in 1885, the city transformed from its original 1860 name of Cork into a thriving agricultural community that was officially reincorporated as a city in 1911. Plant City is internationally recognized as the winter strawberry capital of the world and hosts the annual Florida Strawberry Festival in late February or early March, attracting visitors from around the globe. The city also served as the spring training home for baseball's Cincinnati Reds from 1988 to 1997 at Plant City Stadium. Located in northeastern Hillsborough County within the Southern Flatwoods ecological community and featuring a humid subtropical climate, Plant City spans 28.1 square miles with fertile soils enriched by high organic matter content, making it suitable for its historic agricultural economy.