Florida Florida Statutes

§ 7.52 — Pinellas County

FS § 7.52Ch. 7

Statute text

The boundary lines of Pinellas County are as follows: Beginning at a point where the line dividing townships twenty-six and twenty-seven south if projected in a westerly direction intersects with the western boundary of the jurisdictional waters of the State of Florida in the Gulf of America; thence east on said line to the northeast corner of section one in township twenty-seven south, range sixteen east; thence south to the shore of Old Tampa Bay; thence in a southerly direction through the middle waters of Old Tampa Bay and Tampa Bay, to a point in Tampa Bay due east of the north shore of Mullet Key; thence due west to a point due north of a point 100 yards due east from the easternmost point of Mullet Key; thence in a line 100 yards from the shoreline around the southern portion of Mullet Key to a point 100 yards west of the northernmost shore of Mullet Key; thence west to a point where such line intersects the western boundary of the jurisdictional waters of the State of Florida in the Gulf of America and northward, including the waters of said gulf within the jurisdiction of the State of Florida, toXclass="Catchline">Pasco County.—The boundary lines of Pasco County are as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the section line between sections thirty-three and thirty-four of township twenty-six south, of range twenty-two east, with the township line between townships twenty-six and twenty-seven south, of range twenty-two east; thence north along the section lines to the line dividing sections three and four of said township and to the township line dividing townships twenty-five and twenty-six; thence east on said township line to the range line dividing ranges twenty-two and twenty-three east; thence north on said range line to the line dividing sections twenty-four and thirteen of township twenty-three south, of range twenty-two east; thence west to the line dividing ranges twenty and twenty-one east; thence south to the line dividing townships twenty-three and twenty-four south; thence west on said line to the Gulf of America; thence southerly along the gulf coast, including islands and the waters of said gulf within the jurisdiction of the State of Florida, to the north line of Pinellas County, the township line dividing townships twenty-six and twenty-seven south; thence east on said line to the place of beginning.

Legislative history

ss. 1, 2, ch. 107, 1847; s. 1, ch. 415, 1850; s. 1, ch. 3471, 1883; s. 8, ch. 3772, 1887; RS 46; GS 44; RGS 48; CGL 50; s. 1, ch. 25440, 1949; s. 16, ch. 2025-8.