Category: University Of South Florida

Hawaii has the southernmost geographic center of all the states. Florida has the southernmost geographic center of the 48 contiguous states. Is Florida or Hawaii more Southern? Hawaii Fact 31 of 50: Ka Lae is Hawaii’s & the US’s Southernmost Point. Most folks probably think that the Florida Keys are […]

After Florida officially joined the Confederacy on February 28, 1861, and the Confederate Army was created on March 6, the Confederate War Department required Florida to contribute men. Five-thousand Floridians filled the Confederate ranks by the end of 1861, leaving the state virtually defenseless. Did Florida exist during the Civil […]

St. Petersburg, city, Pinellas county, west-central Florida, U.S. It is situated at the southern tip of the Pinellas Peninsula on Tampa Bay, about 15 miles (25 km) southeast of Clearwater and 20 miles (30 km) southwest of Tampa. Is St. Pete north or south? The West Central portion of Florida, […]

“Dirty South” is an expression that endearingly refers to the southern part of the United States—from Virginia to Florida, Texas, and the states in between—whose Black traditions and artistic expressions have shaped the culture of the region and the nation. Is Florida considered the South? According to the U.S. Census […]