Bartow, Florida

Bartow is a city located in the U.S. State of Florida located in Central Florida east of the Tampa Bay area. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 15,340. It is the county seat of Polk County{{GR|6}}.

Miscellaneous Facts

• The law firm of Holland & Knight, one of the largest law firms in the United States, was founded in Bartow.
• The 1991 movie My Girl with Anna Chlumsky, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis was filmed mostly in Bartow.
• Charlie Smith, considered by many to be the oldest living American ever (although many disputed his age) lived most of his life in Bartow. His age was believed to be 137 when he died in 1979