Largo, Florida

Largo, Florida
City
Largo Public Library
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Nickname:  The City of Progress
Location in Pinellas County and the state of Florida
Coordinates: 27°54′34″N 82°47′14″W / 27.90944°N 82.78722°W / 27.90944; -82.78722
Country	United States
State	Florida
County	Pinellas
Incorporated	June 6, 1905
Government
• Type	Commission–Manager
• Mayor	Woody Brown
• Commissioners	Michael Smith, Curtis Holmes, Eric Gerard, Jamie Robinson, Donna Holck, and Chris Johnson
• City Manager	John Curp
• City Clerk	Diane L. Bruner
• City Attorney	Alan S. Zimmet
Area [1]
• Total	19.59 sq mi (50.73 km2)
• Land	18.60 sq mi (48.17 km2)
• Water	0.99 sq mi (2.56 km2)
Elevation [2]	33 ft (10 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	82,485
• Density	4,435.39/sq mi (1,712.52/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)	33770-33779
Area code	727
FIPS code	12-39425[3]
GNIS feature ID	285346[2]
Website	www.largo.com

Largo is the third largest city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States, as well as the fourth largest in the Tampa Bay area. As of the 2020 Census, the city had a population of 82,485,^[4] up from 77,648 in 2010.

Largo was first incorporated in 1905. In 1913, it became the first municipality in Pinellas County to adopt a council-manager government. It switched back and forth between "town" and "city" a few times, and became a city again in 1974. It was an exporter of agricultural products until the 1960s population growth began to transform it into a bedroom community. From 1905 to 2010, Largo grew in area from 9⁄16 of a square mile (1.5 km²) to about 19 square miles (48 km²), and in population from about 300 people to more than 70,000. Largo began as a rural farming community and became the third largest city in Florida's most densely populated county.

Largo is a sister city to Tosayamada, Kōchi, Japan, and has been named a National Arbor Day Tree City for 32 years in a row.^[5]