Clair-Mel City, Florida | |
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Coordinates: 27°56′0″N82°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 |
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.
On 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]
Clair 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.
Clair 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.
Spoto High School serves the community.
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