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Gulfport Crabs Players
Gulfport may refer to: Places in USA *Gulfport, Florida *Gulfport, Illinois *Gulfport, Mississippi Ships * , two ships of this name * , a Hansa A Type cargo ship in service 1947-64 * ''Gulfport'' was a prospective name for Other uses * Gulfport station, a former train station in Gulfport, Mississippi, now a museum * Gulfport (Staten Island Railway station), in New York * Gulfport High School, in Gulfport, Mississippi * Gulfport Open, a former PGA tournament played in Gulfport, Mississippi in the 1940s {{disambiguation, geo, ship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulfport, Florida
Gulfport is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States, bordering St. Petersburg, South Pasadena, and Boca Ciega Bay. The population of Gulfport was 11,783 at the 2020 census. Gulfport is part of the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater metropolitan statistical area. History Archaeological digs around Boca Ciega Bay indicate that settlements existed in the area circa 8000 to 3000 BC. The area was also densely populated during the Safety Harbor period. In 1528, the Spanish explorer Pánfilo de Narváez landed on the Pinellas peninsula, some say near present-day Gulfport, where he encountered the local Timucuan people. Gulfport has been known by several names since its founding. The first settler in what would become Gulfport were James and Rebecca Barnett in 1868, and named the area Barnett's Bluff. As other settlers trickled in and homesteaded the area, the settlement became known as Bonifacio around 1880. In 1884, Philadelphia financier Hamilton Disston envisione ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |