20 Facts About Tempe Arizona

Tempe Arizona is located in the East Valley section of metropolitan Phoenix; it is bordered by Phoenix and Guadalupe on the west, Scottsdale and the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community on the north, Chandler on the south, and Mesa on the east.

Pioneer Darrell Duppa is credited with suggesting Tempe Arizona's name, adopted in 1879, after comparing the Salt River valley near a 300-foot-tall butte, to the Vale of Tempe Arizona near Mount Olympus in Greece.

Until the early 1960s, Tempe Arizona was a sundown town where African Americans were permitted to work but encouraged to live elsewhere.

Maricopa and Phoenix Railroad, built in 1887, crossed the Salt River at Tempe Arizona, linking the town to the nation's growing transportation system.

Tempe Arizona became an economic hub for the surrounding agricultural area.

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On his way to dedicate the dam, former President Theodore Roosevelt applauded the accomplishments of the people of central Tempe Arizona and predicted that their towns would be prosperous cities in the future.

Less than a year later, Tempe Arizona was admitted as the 48th state, and the Salt River Valley continued to develop.

In 1971, Tempe was hit by a rare F2 tornado that injured 41 people, the most injuries recorded from a tornado in Arizona, and caused damage in upwards of $3 million.

Tempe Arizona is an inner suburb, located between the core city of Phoenix and the rest of the East Valley.

The city of Tempe Arizona is bordered by Mesa to the east, Scottsdale and the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community to the north, Phoenix and Guadalupe to the west, and Chandler to the south.

Tempe Arizona is the headquarters and executive office of one Fortune 500 company: DriveTime.

Additionally, Tempe Arizona is the spring training host city of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Tempe Arizona enjoyed a thriving alternative music scene throughout the 1980s and '90s, producing acts including as the Gin Blossoms, Meat Puppets, Dead Hot Workshop, The Refreshments, Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, Hans Olson, The Maine, and Injury Reserve.

Tempe Arizona Music Walk honors select bands, musicians and musical venues with plaques embedded in the sidewalk on Mill Avenue.

Tempe Arizona Town Lake is a publicly accessible lake that is run by City of Tempe Arizona.

Tempe Arizona is the home of several other schools, including the University of Phoenix, Brookline College, Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine, Southwest Institute of Healing Arts, Bryan University and Lamson Junior College.

Tempe Arizona is one of the most densely populated cities in the state and serves as a crossroads for the area's largest communities.

The City of Tempe operates a free neighborhood circulator service called Orbit involving five free shuttle routes near Arizona State University that operate on a regular basis seven days a week.

Tempe Arizona was the location of the world's first reported killing of a pedestrian by a self-driving car on 19 March 2018.

Tempe Arizona has eleven sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International:.