Timuquan Indian Mound

Timuquan Indian Mound (HMMM6)

Location: Plant City, FL 33563 Hillsborough County
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Country: United States of America
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N 27° 56.613', W 82° 27.377'

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Near this site on the shore of the bay, once stood a large Timuquan Temple Mound dating before the time of Christ. It was 50 feet in height with a large level space on top where elaborately decorated temples and residences of Indian chiefs and shamans had stood.

The Fort Brooke soldiers, in the 1840's, used a tall Gumbo Limbo tree growing at the crest of the city-block long mound a a lookout post. The ladies of the post enjoyed ice cream parties at the summit in a beautiful Chinese pavilion.

After the Army withdrew in 1882, the mound was razed to fill the Jackson Street ditch which extended from Marion Street to the river.
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HM NumberHMMM6
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Placed ByThe Timuquanian Society, Inc. with the cooperation of The Tampa Historical Society
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Date Added Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 at 12:40pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17R E 356731 N 3091802
Decimal Degrees27.94355000, -82.45628333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 27° 56.613', W 82° 27.377'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds27° 56' 36.78" N, 82° 27' 22.62" W
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Area Code(s)813
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 205 S Franklin St, Plant City FL 33563, US
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