More About Largo
Largo is the third largest city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States, and 4th largest in the Tampa Bay Area. As of the 2014 Census estimate, the city had a population of 84,500, up from 69,371 in 2000. Largo was first incorporated in 1905.
Largo is largely residential, and services and tourism are the basis of the economy. High-technology industries and the processing and shipping of citrus and seafood are also important. The city’s Heritage Village is a complex of historic buildings and a museum.
Largo, Florida a city in Pinellas County is located in west-central Florida, U.S., near Clearwater Harbor and just south of Clearwater. The Spanish explorers Pánfilo de Narváez (1528) and Hernando de Soto (1539) visited the region. The site, first settled about 1866, was named for nearby Lake Largo (“Big Lake,” drained in the 1930s) or for Largo, Scotland. In 1888 a post office was established and the Orange Belt Railroad arrived. The town’s population grew rapidly after 1960 as it developed as a retirement and tourist centre.
Visitors to Largo, enjoy the parks, cultural facilities and shops that call Largo home. Stopping local antique shops, having dinner at one of the restaurants in Largo’s downtown corridor, catching a show at the Central Park Performing Arts Center, stopping by and visiting the owls at McGough Nature Park or taking a peaceful stroll through Largo Central Park are just some of the activities visitors and locals alike enjoy.
The City hosts a wide variety of concerts, art shows and family events throughout the Largo area, right in the heart of Pinellas County. And the beach is just minutes away.