New Port Richey

by Adam J. Carozza

Book Overview

New Port Richey, Florida, like many cities between Jacksonville and Tampa, can thank Henry Plant's 1885 railroad for its phenomenal growth. Thirty-five miles northwest of Tampa, in West Pasco County, New Port Richey eventually hosted its own railway connection right through downtown. City planners constructed the community in a grid, naming north-south streets after Presidents and east-west streets after states. The arrival of the U.S. Post Office...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738516481
• ISBN13: 9780738516486
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 9.2"