Davis Island was created from two man made islands atop two small natural islands formerly known as Little Grassy Key and Big Grassy Key at the mouth of the Hillsborough River. The land was built up from mud dredged from the bottom of Tampa Bay in the 1920's and expanded. This dredge and fill operation was undertaken by developer and Tampa native D. P. Davis. Today Davis Island is a mix of residential and retail areas.
Davis Island is also home to Peter O. Knight Airport, Davis Island Yacht Club, and Tampa General Hospital. Also on the Islands are the Marjorie Park and Marjorie Park Municipal Yacht Basin. Marjorie Park was donated to the City of Tampa and named by Davis after his wife Marjorie Merritt Davis.
With a canal fully separating a portion of the island from the rest of it, Davis Islands is technically an archipelago, hence the plural form Islands it its name. Originally, Davis Islands consisted of three islands. However with the construction of the airport, the end of one canal was filled in to make enough land area for a runway, connecting the two largest islands at their southern ends, thus reducing the archipelago's island count to two.
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTIFICATIONS:
For neighborhood notifications or "Good Neighbor Notices" regarding the Davis Islands Civic Association, Inc., a COURTESY NOTIFICATION FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY is recommended to be sent to the Davis Islands Civic Association, Inc. Addendum contact identified on the official neighborhood registry.
If you have any questions or need additional information regarding neighborhood notifications, please call the Land Development Coordination & Zoning Department at 813-274-8725 for assistance.
Davis Islands Civic Association, Inc.
Contact Information
(updated Thursday, October 01, 2009)
Jeffrey Siewert, President
Walter Hill, Vice President
Davis Islands Civic Association, Inc.
Meeting Information
(updated Tuesday, March 09, 2010)
Davis Islands Tennis Courts
59 Columbia Drive
Meets 1st Tuesday of the month
Meetings begin at 7:00pm
Please contact the neighborhood association president or or visit their website at www.davisislandscivic.com
