Bradenton
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 County and state location
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1842 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Florida |
| County : | Manatee County |
| Coordinates : | 27 ° 29 ′ N , 82 ° 35 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
49,546 (status: 2010) 682,833 (status: 2006) |
| Population density : | 1,577.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 37.4 km 2 (about 14 mi 2 ) of which 31.4 km 2 (about 12 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 1 m |
| Postcodes : | 34201-34212, 34280-34282 |
| Area code : | +1 941 |
| FIPS : | 12-07950 |
| GNIS ID : | 0279311 |
| Website : | www.cityofbradenton.com |
| Mayor : | Wayne H. Poston |
Bradenton is a city and also the county seat of Manatee County in the US state of Florida with 49,546 inhabitants (as of 2010).
geography
Bradenton is located at the mouth of the Manatee River in the Gulf of Mexico . The city borders Palmetto to the north and is about 60 km south of Tampa . After North Port and Sarasota , Bradenton is the third largest city in the Sarasota metropolitan area .
history
It was first mentioned when Hernando de Soto landed in 1539. The city was named after its first settler, Joseph Braden , a sugar planter who built a castle-like house here in 1854. 1919 was built by the Tampa Southern Railway , a subsidiary of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad , a railway line from Tampa to Palmetto , which was extended to Bradenton in 1920. The current city was formed in 1943 when Florida law united the cities of Manatee and Bradentown.
Religions
Bradenton currently has 86 different churches from 23 different denominations. Among the churches belonging to a denomination, the Baptist congregation is most strongly represented with 23 churches. There are 6 churches that do not belong to any denomination (status: 2004).
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census, the then 49,546 inhabitants were distributed over 26,767 households. The population density was 1577.9 inh / km². 73.3% of the population identified themselves as whites, 15.9% as African American , 0.3% as Indians and 1.1% as Asian Americans . 7.0% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 2.5% to several ethnic groups. 17.0% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .
In 2010 there were children under the age of 18 in 25.4% of all households and persons aged 65 and over lived in 36.9% of all households. 56.7% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.23 people and the average family size was 2.92 people.
23.8% of the population were younger than 20 years, 23.2% were 20 to 39 years old, 24.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 29.0% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 43 years. 46.6% of the population were male and 53.4% were female.
The median annual income was $ 41,409, with 17.1% of the population living below the poverty line.
In 2000, English was the first language of 87.50% of the population, 10.36% spoke Spanish and 2.14% had another mother tongue.
Culture and sights
The "Village of the Arts" district is an artists' quarter in which classic houses are being renovated and used as galleries, studios and restaurants.
Attractions
The following properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places :
- Braden Castle Park Historic District
- Bradenton Carnegie Library
- DeSoto National Memorial
- Manatee County Courthouse
- Old Manatee County Courthouse
- Richardson House
- Shaw's Point Archeological District
Parks and sports facilities
There is a wide range of different city parks as well as several sporting facilities as well as playgrounds and opportunities for camping and barbecuing. There are also various marinas that are home to sailing and motor sports boats.
Economy and Infrastructure
Bradenton is the administrative seat of Manatee County and the seat of the largest orange juice producer Tropicana Products , a subsidiary of the Pepsi group. The main branches of employment are: education, health and social affairs: (16.6%), trade / retail: (15.6%), finance, insurance and real estate: (3.0%), construction: (10.1%) .
Clinics
- Blake Medical Center
- Manatee Memorial Hospital & Health System
- Manatee Glen Hospal
traffic
Bradenton is crossed by Interstate 75 , US Highways 41 ( Tamiami Trail ) and 301, and Florida State Roads 64 and 684 . The nearest airport is Sarasota – Bradenton International Airport (around 10 km south).
With the remote bus system Thruway Motorcoach the railway company Amtrak , there is a connection of the city of Tampa . At Union Station there , you can get a connection to the Silver Star and Silver Meteor trains .
education
schools
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Further educational institutions
- State College of Florida SCF (formerly Manatee Community College - MCC), approximately 4,500 students
- Manatee Technical Institute, approximately 1,800 students
Libraries
- Manatee County Public Library with approximately 350,000 books, 19,000 audio and 24,800 video documents.
- Central Library
- Braden River Library
- Island Branch Library
- Palmetto Branch Library
- Rocky Bluff Library
crime
The crime rate was 380 points in 2010 (US average: 266 points) in the average range. There were 28 rapes, 114 robberies, 241 bodily harm, 530 break-ins, 1,435 thefts, 99 car thefts and 14 arson.
Personalities
- Pee Wee Ellis (* 1941), jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger
- Brian Poole (born 1941), American football player
- Greg Steube (* 1978), politician
- Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (born 1986), American football player
- Sekou Bangoura (* 1991), tennis player
- Ace Sanders (born 1991), American football player
- Brian Poole (born 1992), American football player
- Sebastian Korda (* 2000), tennis player
- Whitney Osuigwe (* 2002), tennis player
- Martin Damm (* 2003), tennis player
- Toby Kodat (* 2003), tennis player
The professional tennis players Jelena Janković , Sabine Lisicki and the former top tennis players Marija Sharapowa , Tommy Haas , Anna Kurnikowa , Petr Korda , Martin Damm Sr. and Ivan Lendl live in Bradenton.
The grave of actress and literary agent Connie Clausen is in Manasota Memorial Park .
Web links
- Website of the city (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ^ Gregg Turner: A Short History of Florida Railroads. Arcadia Publishing , Mount Pleasant 2014, ISBN 978-1-439642-54-2
- ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved February 15, 2014.
- ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved February 15, 2014.
- ^ FLORIDA - Manatee County. National Register of Historic Places , accessed July 28, 2015 .
- ↑ Bradenton, FL (BDT) - Bus Stop ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - amtrak.com
- ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Bradenton-Florida.html
