Clair-Mel City (Clair Mel) is an unincorporated community in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. The community is combined with Palm River to form the census-designated place of Palm River-Clair Mel.
Clair-Mel City, Florida | |
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  Clair-Mel City  Clair-Mel City | |
| Coordinates: 27°56′0″N 82°22′42″W / 27.93333°N 82.37833°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| County | Hillsborough |
| Area | |
| • Land | 0.64 sq mi (1.66 km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 33619 |
| Area code | 813 |
| GNIS feature ID | 301140 |
History
editOn April 10, 1978, a three-way traffic collision in Clair-Mel City killed the driver of a tank truck and injured two other motorists. A cloud of ammonia gas escaped from the overturned truck, forcing several hundred people to evacuate.[1]
In 2007, Kendrick Morris was wanted for the rape of an elderly woman at a Clair-Mel daycare center. He was arrested at the Bloomingdale Regional Public Library on April 29, 2008, after raping an 18-year-old who was returning her books to the library. He was sentenced to life in prison in March 2017.[2]
Geography
editClair Mel City is located at 27.93 North, 82.38 West (27.933359, -82.37821),[3] or approximately 7 miles (11 km) east-southeast of Tampa. It is on Florida State Road 676.
Description
editClair Mel boundaries include Palm River to the west, Tampa city limits to the north, the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway to the east, and Progress Village to the south.
Education
editSpoto High School serves the community.
Notable people
edit- Sandy Amorós, MLB left fielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers, lived here with the Germain family.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Gas Leak Cut Off After Hundreds Flee". The Pittsburgh Press. Vol. 91, no. 287. UPI. April 10, 1978. p. A-4. Retrieved September 3, 2021 – via Google News.
- ^ Wells, Mike; Krause, Thomas W. (June 7, 2008). "Officials release papers in case of rape outside Tampa library". The Tampa Tribune. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "Sandy Amorós (SABR BioProject)". Society for American Baseball Research.