CLEARWATER, a city on the west coast of Florida, U.S.A., 3om. W. of Tampa ; the county seat of beautiful Pinellas county, which occupies a small peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico and Clearwater bay. It is served by the Atlantic Coast Line and the Seaboard Air Line railways. In 190o the population was 343 in 1925 (State census) 5,004 (39% negroes) ; and in 193o, after annexations of territory bringing the area to I Tsq.m., it was 7,607 (Federal census). Clearwater is in a citrus-fruit and market-gar dening region, has fisheries of importance, and is a winter resort. A commission-manager form of government was adopted in 1923.