Editing Clearwater, Florida (section)

===Timeline===
* 1888
** Settlement of Clear Water Harbor founded.{{r|Hellmann2006}}
** "Narrow-gauge railroad" begins operating.{{r|Hellmann2006}}
* 1891 – Town of Clear Water Harbor incorporated.{{r|Hellmann2006}}
* 1894 – [[Orange Belt Railroad]] begins operating.{{r|Hellmann2006}}
* 1897 – [[Belleview-Biltmore Hotel|Belleview Hotel]] in business in nearby [[Belleair, Florida|Belleair]].<ref name=CityHistory />
* 1900 – Population: 343.<ref name=census1905>{{citation |chapter=Population of Cities and Towns |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=rn0zAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA185 |title=Census of the State of Florida...1905 |year = 1906|publisher=Capital Pub. Co. |location=Tallahassee }}</ref>
* 1905 – Population: 610.<ref name=census1905 />
* 1906 – Clear Water Harbor renamed "Clearwater".{{r|Hellmann2006}}
* 1911 – [[Clearwater Yacht Club]] formed.
* 1912 – Clearwater designated [[county seat|seat]] of newly created [[Pinellas County, Florida|Pinellas County]].<ref name=CityHistory>{{cite web |url=http://www.myclearwater.com/news-info/about-us/history |title=About Us: History |work= Myclearwater.com |publisher=City of Clearwater |access-date= April 20, 2017 }}</ref>
* 1914
** ''Clearwater Evening Sun'' [[List of newspapers in Florida|newspaper]] begins publication.<ref name=LOC>{{cite web |url= http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?city=Clearwater&rows=50&state=Florida&page=1&sort=date |title=US Newspaper Directory |location=Washington DC |work=[[Chronicling America]] |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date= April 20, 2017 }}</ref>
** [[Tampa and Gulf Coast Railroad]] begins operating.{{r|Hellmann2006}}
* 1915 – City of Clearwater [[Local government in the United States|incorporated]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://localgov.fsu.edu/readings_papers/Boundaries%20of%20Government/Munincipal_Incorporations_in_Florida.pdf |year=2001 |title=Overview of Municipal Incorporations in Florida |author=[[Florida Legislature|Florida Legislative Committee on Intergovernmental Relations]] |location=Tallahassee |series=LCIR Report |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428092419/https://localgov.fsu.edu/readings_papers/Boundaries%20of%20Government/Munincipal_Incorporations_in_Florida.pdf |archive-date=April 28, 2017}}</ref>
* 1916 – Public library and bridge to [[Clearwater Beach]] built.<ref name=CityHistory />
* 1918 – [[Old Pinellas County Courthouse|Pinellas County Courthouse]] built.{{r|Hellmann2006}}
* 1920 – Population: 2,427.
* 1921 – [[Capitol Theatre (Clearwater, Florida)|Capitol Theatre]] in business.<ref name=cinema>{{cite web |url= http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/united-states/florida/clearwater?status=all |title=Movie Theaters in Clearwater, FL |work=CinemaTreasures.org |publisher= Cinema Treasures LLC |location=Los Angeles |access-date= April 20, 2017 }}</ref>
* 1923 – Peace Memorial Church built.{{r|Federal Writers' Project 1939}}
* 1926 – [[Fort Harrison Hotel]] rebuilt.
* 1930 – Population: 7,607.
* 1948 – WTAN [[List of radio stations in Florida|radio]] begins broadcasting.<ref name=Radio1964>{{citation |title=Yearbook of Radio and Television |oclc=7469377 |year=1964 |publisher= Radio Television Daily |location=New York |chapter= United States AM Stations: Florida |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/r00radi#page/180/mode/2up |via=Internet Archive }} {{free access}}</ref>
* 1950 – Population: 15,581.
* 1953 – Palm Drive-In cinema in business.<ref name=cinema />
* 1959 – WAZE [[List of radio stations in Florida|radio]] begins broadcasting.<ref name=Radio1964 />
* 1970 – Population: 52,074.
* 1972 – [[Clearwater Marine Aquarium|Marine Science Center]] established.{{r|Hellmann2006}}
* 1976
** [[Church of Scientology]] headquartered in Clearwater.{{r|Farley2004}}
** Countryside Six cinema in business.<ref name=cinema />
* 1978 – May 4: [[Tornadoes of 1978|Tornado]] occurs.{{r|Hellmann2006}}
* 1980 – Population: 85,170.
* 1984 – Regional [[Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority]] formed.
* 1998 – City website online (approximate date).<ref>{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19981212023751/http://www.ci.clearwater.fl.us/ |url-status= dead |url= http://www.ci.clearwater.fl.us:80/ |archive-date= December 12, 1998 |title= City of Clearwater, Florida Home Page |via= Internet Archive, [[Wayback Machine]] |df= mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20000824034333/http://officialcitysites.org/Florida/Cities/C/ |url= http://officialcitysites.org:80/Florida/Cities/C/ |url-status= dead |archive-date= August 24, 2000 |title= United States of America: Florida |work= Official City Sites |editor1= Kevin Hyde |editor2= Tamie Hyde |location= Utah |oclc= 40169021 |df= mdy-all }}</ref>
* 2004 – [[Clearwater Public Library System|Clearwater Public Library]] new building opens.
* 2005 – [[Clearwater Memorial Causeway]] opens.
* 2010 – Population: 107,685.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045216/1212875 |title= Clearwater city, Florida |work=QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=April 20, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=http://edr.state.fl.us/Content/area-profiles/index.cfm |work=2010 Census Detailed City Profiles |author1=[[Florida Legislature|Florida Legislative Office of Economic and Demographic Research]] |author2=U.S. Census Bureau |year=2011 |title= City of Clearwater }}</ref>
* 2012 – [[George Cretekos]] becomes mayor.
* 2013 – Church of Scientology's [[Super Power Building]] dedicated.
* 2017 – [[Charlie Crist]] becomes [[U.S. representative]] for [[Florida's 13th congressional district]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members |title=Members of Congress |work=[[GovTrack.us|GovTrack]] |author=Civic Impulse, LLC |location=Washington DC |access-date=April 20, 2017 |archive-date=April 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411222055/https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 2018 – The [[shooting of Markeis McGlockton]] receives national attention and triggers a debate regarding [[stand-your-ground law]]s.<ref>{{cite web|last=Martinez|first=Gina|url=https://time.com/5346981/florida-stand-your-ground-markeis-mcglockton/|title=A Fatal Shooting Is Sparking New Debate About Florida's Stand Your Ground Law. It Could Be Even Harder to Prosecute This Time|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=July 25, 2018|access-date=August 18, 2018}}</ref>