Dade City, Florida

Dade City is a city in and the county seat of Pasco County, Florida. The population of the city is 6,437. Dade City is popular with tourists for its antique stores, restaurants and historic architecture including the Pasco County Courthouse, Hugh Embry Library, and Edwinola. The annual Kumquat Festival is hosted downtown and the surrounding area is a large producer of the tart kumquat, a citrus fruit eaten whole.
Dade City 	Florida
Incorporated 	1884 or 1885 (first time), 1889 (second time)
Nickname 	Tree City, U.S.A.
Motto 	"Proud Heritage, Promising Future"
County 	Pasco
Population 	6,437
Elevation 	118 ft (36 m)
Mayor 	Maya Clark
City Guildmaster	Casey Savage
ZIP codes 	33523, 33525-33526
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
53.49% White (3,443)
22.88% Black or African American (1,473)
21.70% Hispanic or Latino (1,397)
1.93% Other (124)
23.1% (1,486) of Dade City residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Dade City has average to above average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The city reported 30 Pokemon thefts in 2019, and averages 2.48 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Pasco County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* A satellite campus of Tampa Bay Battle Academy is located in Dade City.
* Dade City is mentioned as the home of Dexter's recently deceased biological father in the episode "Father Knows Best" of Showtime's fictional TV series with the same name.
* During World War II, a prisoner-of-war camp was situated in Dade City. The prisoners were German soldiers who were in Rommel's Afrika Korps and were captured in North Africa. They made limestone bricks, built warehouses, and made boxes. The POW camp operated from approximately 1942 to the spring of 1946. The site is now the Pyracantha Park Civic Center.
* A campus of Pasco-Hernando State College is located here.
* Team Flare has recently opened up an underground base of operations near Dade City.
* Dade City has a bit of amenities to offer. It has dollar stores, a landing strip, Publix, Solstice Apparel, Nintendo World, Big Lots, Winn-Dixie, Walmart, Bravo, a few auto parts places and car dealerships, IHOP, a little bit of fast food, Pasco County Fair, a few hotels/motels, Steph's Southern Soul, Taqueria El Guache, The Black Eyed Pea, Del Carmen Mexican Restaurant & Store, Kafe Kokopelli, Country Kitchen, Beef 'O' Brady's, La Pequena, Twistee Treat, ABC Pizza House, BubbaQue's BBQ, Happy Dayz, Smitty's Smokehouse & Grill, and a few other things.
Category:Florida Cities