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- Bartow (/ ˈbɑːrtoʊ / BAR-toh) is a city and the county seat of Polk County, Florida, United States. Founded in 1851 as Fort Blount, the city was renamed in honor of Francis S. Bartow, the first brigade commander of the Confederate Army to die in combat during the American Civil War.
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Bartow ( / ˈbɑːrtoʊ / BAR-toh) is a city and the county seat of Polk County, Florida, United States. Founded in 1851 as Fort Blount, the city was renamed in honor of Francis S. Bartow, the first brigade commander of the Confederate Army to die in combat during the American Civil War.
The history of Bartow, Florida spans over 150 years, although humans have inhabited the area for close to 12,000 years. Established in 1851 by Redding Blount, the city has gone from being a small frontier outpost vulnerable to Seminole Indian attack to being the county seat of Polk County, a county with more than half a million people.
The city now Called Bartow was founded in October 1851 as Fort Blount, a stockade established by Readding Blount and his family. In the 1850's, the first permanent new settlers came to the area near the dead-waters of the "Peas River" (or Peace River) and established Fort Blount.
Bartow was incorporated as a town in 1882 and became a city in 1893. Phosphate mining, citrus cultivation, and tourism are the city’s economic mainstays, although the manufacture of fertilizer, chemicals, and packaging is also important.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
In 1850, the first permanent new settlers came to the area near the headwaters of the Peas River or Peace River and established Fort Blount. This settlement was somewhat stalled by the American Civil War a decade later, although the Polk County government was established in 1861.
Bartow Florida is the county seat of Polk County despite being smaller than Lakeland and Winter Haven. Bartow, Florida, nestled in the heart of Polk County, has a rich history dating back to the mid-19th century. Originally known as Fort Blount, the settlement began to flourish when the South Florida Railroad reached the area in 1861.
The 1880s and 90s were a period of growth for the city of Bartow; from 1880 to 1900, the city would grow from 386 residents to 1,983. On July 1, 1882 the town was incorporated as a city. In 1885, the Florida Southern Railroad, a north-south route from North Florida to Southwest Florida opened in Bartow.
