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==History== A post office called Palmetto has been in operation since 1868.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=FL&county=Manatee | title=Manatee County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=June 6, 2015}}</ref> Samuel Sparks Lamb is considered the "Father of Palmetto," having surveyed and plotted the city at its outset and donated several plots of land.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.palmettofl.org/index.aspx?nid=103 | title=City of Palmetto Official Website | access-date=April 27, 2016}}</ref> He owned a general merchandise store in town.<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://www.mysuncoast.com/news/local/a-place-we-call-home-city-of-palmetto/article_2d223034-0b90-11e6-95a7-e301dc1f5b8c.html | publisher=WWSB ABC7 | title=A Place We Call Home: City of Palmetto | access-date=April 27, 2016 }}</ref> Samuel Sparks Lamb was from [[Clarke County, Mississippi]], and arrived in the area near the [[Manatee River]] in 1868 establishing Palmetto.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Speech by Carl D. King "Boat Trip: Cruise from Dock at Cortez to Gamble Mansion on Manatee River"|url=https://cdm16681.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16681coll2/id/7201|access-date=2021-05-14|website=Manatee County Public Library System: Digital Collection|language=en}}</ref> The city received its name from the [[Sabal|palmetto]] trees near the original town site.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4zogAAAAIBAJ&pg=6818%2C4195067 | title=The Legends Behind Manatee Names | work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune | date=November 23, 1979 | access-date=June 6, 2015 | author=Grimes, David | pages=3B}}</ref> Palmetto was first incorporated in May 1893 as a village, with its first mayor being P.S. Harlee. Palmetto was reincorporated as a city in 1897 and in the following years grew.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Parvin|first=Elizabeth|date=April 15, 1970|title=Early Cultural and Social Life of Manatee County|url=https://cdm16681.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16681coll2/id/69|access-date=2021-06-03|website=Manatee County Public Library System: Digital Collection|language=en}}</ref> In 1902 with the arrival of the railroad, the center of town moved from the waterfront to the [[Seaboard Air Line]] train station, served by the [[Sarasota Subdivision|Sarasota Branch]] from [[Turkey Creek, Florida|Turkey Creek]] near [[Plant City]] through Palmetto to "[[Bradenton, Florida|Bradentown]]" and Sarasota.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.palmettofl.org/index.aspx?NID=103|title=City of Palmetto, FL - Official Website - History|website=www.palmettofl.org|language=en|access-date=April 30, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Seaboard Air Line Railway, p. 1129|journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=42 |issue=8 |date=January 1910}}</ref> By 1921, the [[Atlantic Coast Line Railroad]] was operating a [[Tampa Southern Railroad]] Branch from Tampa to Palmetto and "Bradentown".<ref>{{cite journal |title=Seaboard Air Line Railway, p. 467|journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=54 |issue=1 |date=June 1921}}</ref> Compiled during the late 1930s and first published in 1939, the [[Federal Writers' Project]]'s [[American Guide Series|Florida guide]] listed Palmetto's population as 3,043 and described it as:{{Blockquote |text=on the north bank of the Manatee River, has low frame-and-brick business buildings and numerous [[clapboard]] houses. The riverfront is alive with fishing and pleasure craft. Much of the town's income is derived from the packing and shipping of fruits and vegetables.<ref name="auto">{{cite book |last=Federal Writers' Project |date=1947 |edition= 5th |title=Florida: A Guide to the Southernmost State |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qk_pCAAAQBAJ&q=palmetto&pg=PT404 |location=New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=394|isbn= 9781595342089}}</ref>|author=Federal Writers' Project|title="Part III: The Florida Loop" |source=''Florida: A Guide to the Southernmost State'' (1947)}} A [[Dolomite (mineral)|dolomite]] mine existed in Palmetto on the [[Manatee River]] from the 1950s to 1974. Several failed attempts were made to redevelop the property. In 1974, the property was almost sold for residential development, but the company backed out due to the [[1973β1975 recession|economic recession]] that was occurring. In 1978, a proposal was made to create a residential community on the site. The site's master plan contained a nationwide motel chain with a restaurant, high-rise apartments along the Manatee River, single-family houses, and a shopping center built around a lake created from mining activities. The former {{convert|214|acre|adj=on}} dolomite mine site was bought by WC Riveria Partners. It was then redeveloped in 1998 as Riveria Dunes, a residential community with a marina, townhouses, and homes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Palmetto's Dixie Dolomite Plant|url=https://cdm16681.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16681coll1/id/11511|access-date=2021-06-04|website=Manatee County Public Library System: Digital Collection|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Stockbridge-Pratt|first=Dorothy|date=November 24, 2002|title=Quarrying Profits|work=[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]]|url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/article/LK/20021124/news/605246180/SH|access-date=June 4, 2021}}</ref>
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