The New Student's Reference Work/Tampa, Fla.

Tampa, Fla., a thriving city and port of entry at the head of Tampa Bay and the mouth of Hillsboro River, the capital of Hillsboro County, 30 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, in western central Florida. It has a spacious harbor, and has steamship connection with Mobile, New Orleans, New York, Havana and Key West. It has railway connection with the Florida Central and Vennisula, the Savannah, Florida and Western and other railroads. Its chief industry is the manufacture of cigars; fruit-culture, the fishing-trade and the shipment of phosphate are other occupations of its people. Population 37,782.