Tampa, Colorado
Encyclopedia
Tampa is an unincorporated community in Weld County
, Colorado
, United States
. The rural community is served by a 80643 ZIP Code
.
Old timers in the area advise that Tampa was a departure point for an old railroad spur called the Tampa Spur. Tampa was located on the old CB&Q line (now BNSF, Burlington Northern, Santa Fe), about halfway between Roggen and Keenesburg.
Old timers advise that the Tampa Spur was a 1.5 mile long railroad spur between Tampa and a place to the south called Sheehan, near the Prospect Valley, and that the spur functioned as a sugar beet dump. (A beet dump was an elevated facility that allowed farmers to deposit newly harvested produce into open railroad cars.)
According to these old timers, the Tampa Spur was built in 1882. It was still on the railroad maps in 1983, but does not appear on current railroad maps.
. The elevation
for the community is 4,813 feet above sea level
.. The community is adjacent to Interstate 76.
Weld County, Colorado
As of the census of 2000, there were 180,936 people, 63,247 households, and 45,221 families residing in the county. The population density was 45 people per square mile . There were 66,194 housing units at an average density of 17 per square mile...
, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
, United States
United States
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. The rural community is served by a 80643 ZIP Code
ZIP Code
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Old timers in the area advise that Tampa was a departure point for an old railroad spur called the Tampa Spur. Tampa was located on the old CB&Q line (now BNSF, Burlington Northern, Santa Fe), about halfway between Roggen and Keenesburg.
Old timers advise that the Tampa Spur was a 1.5 mile long railroad spur between Tampa and a place to the south called Sheehan, near the Prospect Valley, and that the spur functioned as a sugar beet dump. (A beet dump was an elevated facility that allowed farmers to deposit newly harvested produce into open railroad cars.)
According to these old timers, the Tampa Spur was built in 1882. It was still on the railroad maps in 1983, but does not appear on current railroad maps.
Geography
Tampa is located at 40.149982 degrees north, 104.455512 degrees west (27.1499982, -104.455512); or about 5.5 miles northeast of KeenesburgKeenesburg, Colorado
Keenesburg is a Statutory Town in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The population was 855 at the 2000 census. The population has grown exponentially.-Geography:Keenesburg is located at ....
. The elevation
Elevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
for the community is 4,813 feet above sea level
Sea level
Mean sea level is a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface ; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation...
.. The community is adjacent to Interstate 76.