Tampa-Fort Brooke was a single

census area A census tract, census area, census district or meshblock is a geographic region defined for the purpose of taking a census. Sometimes these coincide with the limits of cities, towns or other administrative areas and several tracts commonly exist ...

in Hillsborough County,

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, recorded by the

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during the 1850 federal census with the name ''Tampa, including Fort Brook '.1850 census of population
/ref> The population was 974, which was the fifth largest enumerated settlement in Florida.

Designation

The census area was designated to include the village of

Tampa Tampa () is a city on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The city's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and the seat of Hillsborough County ...

and

Fort Brooke Fort Brooke was a historical military post established at the mouth of the Hillsborough River in present-day Tampa, Florida in 1824. Its original purpose was to serve as a check on and trading post for the native Seminoles who had been confined ...

military reservation, which were separate entities. Tampa, itself, wasn't returned separately by enumerators until

1870 Events January–March * January 1 ** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England. ** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed. * January 3 – Construction of the Broo ...

when the town recorded a population of 796. Fort Brooke wasn't returned separately until

1890 Events January–March * January 1 ** The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony, in the Horn of Africa. ** In Michigan, the wooden steamer ''Mackinaw'' burns in a fire on the Black River. * January 2 ** The steamship ...

, when the town recorded a population of 448. Fort Brooke was annexed into Tampa in 1907.History of Mayors
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Demographics

The racial makeup of the area in 1850 were 64.8% (631)

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and 35.2% (343)

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, in which 98.0% (336) were slaves and only 2.0% (7) were free.The Seventh Census of the United States in 1850. Embracing a statistical view of each of the States and Territories, arranged by counties, towns, etc

. Retrieved 2014-01-24. For every 100 females, there were 170.5 males (614 males and 360 females).

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Cities, Towns, Townships, Hundreds, etc..1850 census of population
History of Tampa, Florida Populated places in Hillsborough County, Florida {{HillsboroughCountyFL-geo-stub

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