Spanishtown Creek

Spanishtown Creek, sometimes written Spanish Town Creek, was a stream that emptied into the Hillsborough Bay section of Tampa Bay a half-mile west of the Hillsborough River in the area now known as Hyde Park. An area near where it emptied into the Bay was occupied by Spanish speaking fishermen during the era of Spanish control of La Florida before Fort Brooke was established. The village was known as Spanishtown.[1][2][3] A historical marker on Bay Street commemorates the history.[1]

Spanishtown is believed to have been established in the mid to late-18th century. Levi Collar, the first known Anglo settler arrived in the area of the Hillsborough River's west bank ca. 1820. Florida was transferred from Spain to the United States in 1821.[4]

The Burgert Brothers photographed a bridge being built over the creek in 1906.[5]

References
  1. Tampania (13 April 2010). "TAMPANIA: Burying our Past - Spanishtown Creek". Tampaniatampa.blogspot.com. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  2. "Spanishtown Creek Still Flows Beneath Hyde Park ยป Experience Archaeology". Flpublicarcheology.org. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  3. Lesser, Stephanie (19 July 2011). "Plaque Marks Spot of First Tampa Bay Settlement". Patch.com.
  4. "Tampa Bay History Center: Hillsborough County History Part 3 of a Series". Tampabayhistorycenter.blogspot.com. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  5. "Pile-driving on Spanish Town Creek Bridge in Hyde Park : Tampa, Fla". Digitalcollections.hcplc.org. 1906.


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