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  2. George R. Sims (New Port Richey) - Wikipedia

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    George R Sims (1876 - 1954) was the founder of New Port Richey, Florida and the donor of the land for Sims Park, originally known as Enchantment Park. A waymarker commemorates the gift. [1] Sims moved to New Port Richey in 1922 from Great Neck, New York. He purchased property during the 1925-26 land boom. Sims' wife Marjorie earned the first ...

  3. Ridgewood High School (Florida) - Wikipedia

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    Ridgewood High School was a four-year public high school serving residential suburbs in New Port Richey, Florida on the Gulf of Mexico, part of the Pasco County Public School System in Pasco County, Florida. The school was founded on August 22, 1978, as a junior high school with the intent of becoming the third high school in western Pasco ...

  4. Effects of Hurricane Irma in Florida - Wikipedia

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    One person went missing there after taking refuge on his boat during the storm. Storm surge flooded the marina clubhouse with about 2 ft (0.61 m) of water. [68] Throughout Marathon, the hurricane caused minor damage to 829 homes, dealt major damage to 1,402 homes, and destroyed 394 homes.

  5. Gulf High School - Wikipedia

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    Gulf High School. / 28.235328; -82.717220. Gulf High School Buccaneers. Gulf High School is a four-year public high school in New Port Richey, Florida. It is part of the Pasco County School System in Pasco County, Florida. It is the first high school in western Pasco County and the second school in Pasco County to offer the International ...

  6. Pasco County, Florida - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .pascocountyfl .net. Pasco County is located on the west central coast of the U.S. state of Florida. According to the 2020 census, the population was 561,691. [1] Its county seat is Dade City, [2] and its largest city is Zephyrhills. The county is named after Samuel Pasco . Pasco County is included in the Tampa Bay Area and is ...

  7. Pithlachascotee River - Wikipedia

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    The Pithlachascotee River, often called the Cotee or "Cootie" River, [1] [2] [3] is a blackwater river in Pasco County, Florida . Originating near Crews Lake, the river flows for over 23 miles (37 km) [4] to the south and west, flowing through the Starkey Wilderness Park before turning northwest through downtown New Port Richey, entering the ...

  8. West Pasco Historical Society Museum and Library - Wikipedia

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    The West Pasco Historical Society Museum and Library is located at 6431 Circle Boulevard, New Port Richey, Florida, United States. The museum's exhibits include Native American arrowhead and artifacts, clothing, household items, antiques and decorative items, tools, and historic photographs. Elroy M. Avery 's personal collection of over 1,000 ...

  9. Hurricane Gladys (1968) - Wikipedia

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    Hurricane Gladys was the first Atlantic hurricane to be observed each by the hurricane hunters, radar imagery, and photographs from space. The seventh named storm and fifth hurricane (including one unnamed hurricane) of the 1968 season, [1] Gladys formed on October 13 in the western Caribbean from a broad disturbance related to a tropical wave ...