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Latitude: 28.148658 -- Longitude: -82.758098
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The region, with a series of bayous feeding into the Gulf of Mexico, first attracted attention as a place for winter homes about 1876. Some of the newly arrived visitors spotted fish jumping out of the waters and so named the location Tarpon Springs. The first Greek immigrants arrived to this city during the 1880s, when they were hired to work as divers in the growing sponge harvesting industry. In 1905, John Cocoris introduced the technique of sponge diving to Tarpon Springs. Cocoris recruited Greek sponge divers from the Dodecanese Islands and by the 1930s, the sponge industry of Tarpon Springs was very productive, generating millions of dollars a year. When a red tide algae bloom occurred in 1947, wiping out the sponge fields in that region of the Gulf of Mexico, most of the sponge boats and divers switched to fishing and shrimping for a livelihood. -- Source: Wikipedia.com
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The region, with a series of bayous feeding into the Gulf of Mexico, first attracted attention as a place for winter homes about 1876. Some of the newly arrived visitors spotted fish jumping out of the waters and so named the location Tarpon Springs. The first Greek immigrants arrived to this city during the 1880s, when they were hired to work as divers in the growing sponge harvesting industry. In 1905, John Cocoris introduced the technique of sponge diving to Tarpon Springs. Cocoris recruited Greek sponge divers from the Dodecanese Islands and by the 1930s, the sponge industry of Tarpon Springs was very productive, generating millions of dollars a year. When a red tide algae bloom occurred in 1947, wiping out the sponge fields in that region of the Gulf of Mexico, most of the sponge boats and divers switched to fishing and shrimping for a livelihood. -- Source: Wikipedia.com
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Census Data for Tarpon Springs, Florida
Florida 2000 Census Population Profile Map| Tarpon Springs | Florida | United States | |
| Population | 21,003 | 15,982,378 | 281,421,906 |
| Median age | 45.4 | 38.7 | 35.3 |
| Median age for Male | 44.2 | 37.3 | 34 |
| Median age for Female | 46.7 | 40.1 | 36.5 |
| Households | 9,067 | 6,337,929 | 105,480,101 |
| Household population | 20,589 | 15,593,433 | 273,643,273 |
| Average household size | 2.27 | 2.46 | 2.59 |
| Families | 5,946 | 4,210,760 | 71,787,347 |
| Average family size | 2.78 | 2.98 | 3.14 |
| Housing units | 10,759 | 7,302,947 | 115,904,641 |
| Occupied units | 9,067 | 6,337,929 | 105,480,101 |
| Vacant units | 1,692 | 965,018 | 10,424,540 |
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