Tampa is a city in Marion County, Kansas, United States.

For many millennia, the Great Plains of North America was inhabited by nomadic Native Americans.

In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre.

From the 1820s to the 1870s, one of the most significant land routes in the United States was the Santa Fe Trail.

In 1855, Marion County was established within the Kansas Territory, which included the land for modern day Tampa.

[6] In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a main line from Herington through Tampa to Pratt.

It foreclosed in 1891 and was taken over by Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, which shut down in 1980 and reorganized as Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad.

The Golden Belt Town Company filed the plat for Tampa in 1887.

The source of the city name is said to have been suggested by a railroad engineer who rode one of the first trains through Tampa.

[10] Tampa is located in the scenic Flint Hills and Great Plains of the state of Kansas.

[1] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.18 square miles (0.47 km2), which is all land.

Patrick Henry Meehan (March 12, 1868-February 4, 1944) served as president of Tampa State Bank.

[18] The community is served by Centre USD 397 public school district.