Plant City is known as the winter strawberry capital of the world[1][2] and hosts the annual Florida Strawberry Festival in the late winter (usually in February or early March), which is attended by people from all over the world.

Plant City's original name given during the middle 1800s was Ichepuckesassa, after the Native American village that once occupied the territory.

Plant and his South Florida Railroad, which significantly boosted the commerce in this primarily agricultural community by incorporating it on January 10, 1885.

The approximate coordinates for Plant City is located in northeastern Hillsborough County at 28°1′N 82°8′W / 28.017°N 82.133°W / 28.017; -82.133 (28.0142, –82.1289).

U.S. Route 92 is the main highway through the center of Plant City, running generally parallel to I-4.

Plant City and its surrounding area are in the Southern Flatwoods ecological community as defined by the US Department of Agriculture.

In and around the city, high organic matter content and scattered phosphate nodules make much of the soil more fertile than typical for the flatwoods.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 39,764 people, 14,223 households, and 9,449 families residing in the city.

Bruton Memorial Library also offers free access to multiple databases, tutoring websites, ebooks, emagazines, and movie streaming.

A variety of activities and services are available to a variety of patrons, from book clubs to extensive workshops regarding the beginnings and upkeep of the cultivation of homes and gardens, as well as crafts available on Mondays and hobbyists convening for fabric arts like knitting or crocheting two Fridays a month.

[21] Wish Farms, the largest strawberry producer in Florida, has a large presence in Plant City.

Amtrak's Silver Star uses the line's west-to-eastbound ACL tracks, although it does not stop at the station.