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Seminole Heights area has a resident population 23,141 living in 9,433 households as of 2009. The median household income is $ 47,817. The median age is 37. The area is projected to grow 5.89% during 2009–2014. 47% of the population has some college level education or higher. Seventy
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Heights made international headlines when a "local naturalist" sent a picture of a two headed alligator to a local newspaper, which ran the image as its cover story. The alligator was allegedly captured by local trappers and taxidermied for display at Ella's Folkart Cafe. The
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Seminole Development Corporation property encompassed a rectangle bordered by Hillsborough Avenue, Central Avenue, Wilder Avenue and Florida Avenue. The houses built here were mostly bungalow, oriented east-to-west and started at $ 5,000.
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Florida Avenue, Suwanee Heights was also a restricted subdivision. Like the original Seminole Heights, houses required the same east–west orientation but started at $ 1,400.
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authenticity of the creature has often come under question. Since the story in 2014, it has been the subject of art murals, flags, tee-shirts and other ephemera related to the neighborhood.
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