Tampa, Florida
Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida.
Tampa is the third largest city in Florida with a population of 335,709 residents (2010).
About Tampa
Tampa is a part of the metropolitan area most commonly referred to as the Tampa Bay Area. Tampa's economy is founded on a diverse base that includes tourism, agriculture, construction, finance, health care, government, technology, and the port of Tampa.
To See And To Do In Tampa
Ybor City State Museum
Tampa Museum of Art
Florida Aquarium
Busch Gardens
Museum of Science and Industry
Walking tour of Ybor City
International Plaza Mall
Channelside
History Of Tampa
In 1513, the first Europeans came to the Tampa area but they decided to move to eastern Florida and left the western areas alone. First in 1824, Tampa became settled where today's Tampa Convention Center sits in Downtown Tampa. In 1845, The Tampa Bay region became part of the United States. In 1849, Tampa was incorporate as the "Village of Tampa" and had at the time 185 inhabitants. The years after the Civil War were difficult ones but in 1883, phosphate, a mineral used to make fertilizers and other products, was discovered and the mining and shipping of phosphate became important. In 1884, the railroad reached Tampa and the railroad enabled phosphate and commercial fishing exports to go north. The railroad also brought many new products into the Tampa market.
In 1886 Vicente Martinez Ybor established a cigar factory in Tampa. The railroad made shipment of finished cigars to the rest of the US market easy. Ybor built hundreds of small houses around his factory for his workers. Other cigar manufacturers soon moved in to Tampa and the city became a major cigar production center. The city grow fast and in 1956, the University of South Florida was established.
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