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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Port Tampa came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Port Tampa in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Port Tampa. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Port Tampa data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Port Tampa:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

Shell Oil Road Map for Florida (1956)

Published by Shell Oil Company

In addition:

Port Tampa is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Port Tampa. See our Misc Page for Port Tampa for more information.

Footnotes ...

<1>	A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/