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1921 Map of Tampa

Name: 1921 Topographic Map of Tampa
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1921
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1921

About this map

The Hillsborough River flows through a maritime and industrial hub in this early twentieth-century tactical survey. While the downtown area of Tampa and its suburbs like Hyde Park show a developed street grid, the surrounding region reflects a landscape of resource extraction and transit. Key transit corridors are defined by the Atlantic Coast Line and the Seaboard Air Line railroads, which connect agricultural and industrial outposts like Valrico and Mango to the deep-water channel in the bay.

South and east of Ybor City, the terrain transitions into the Indian Prairie and Cypress Swamp, where isolated landmarks like a Turpentine Still suggest the importance of the naval stores industry. Communities such as Riverview and Brandon sit near the winding banks of the Alafia River and Bull Frog Creek, illustrating the early patterns of settlement along Florida's inland waterways before modern expansion altered the coastline near Gadsdens Pt. and Big Bend.