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Courier City-Oscawana

human settlement in Tampa, Florida, United States of America

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ5178139 ↗
Source-derived summary

Courier City-Oscawana is a neighborhood within the city limits of Tampa, Florida, United States. As of the 2000 census the neighborhood had a population of 1,531. The ZIP Codes serving the neighborhood are 33606 and 33609.

Geography

Courier City-Oscawana boundaries are John F. Kennedy Boulevard to the north, Armenia Avenue to the west, Swann Avenue to the South, and Rome Avenue to the east.

Demographics

Source: Hillsborough County Atlas

At the 2000 census there were 1,531 people and 1,038 households residing in the neighborhood. The population density was 6,137/mi2. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 89% White, 5% African American, 0% Native American, 2% Asian, 9% from other races, and 6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 26%.

Of the 1,038 households 5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 17% were married couples living together, 28% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20% were non-families. 61% of households were made up of individuals.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Courier City-Oscawana” as human settlement in Tampa, Florida, United States of America. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2000—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Courier, City-Oscawana and human can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as human settlement in Tampa, Florida, United States of America. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5178139. Authority coordinates are 27.947, -82.459. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2000.

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This entry incorporates text from “Courier City-Oscawana” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.