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Tempe ( tem-PEE😉 is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2020 population of 180,587. The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece. Tempe is located in the East Valley section of metropolitan Phoenix; it is bordered by Phoenix and Guadalupe upon the west, Scottsdale and the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community upon the north, Chandler on the south, and Mesa upon the east. Tempe is along with the location of the main campus of Arizona State University.

The Hohokam lived in this area and built canals to sustain their agriculture. They by yourself their settlements during the 15th century, with a few individuals and families surviving nearby.

Fort McDowell was established approximately 25 mi (40 km) northeast of present downtown Tempe upon the upper Salt River in 1865 allowing for new towns to be built farther beside the Salt River. US military foster members and Hispanic workers were hired to mount up food and animal feed to supply the fort, and less than a year later, had set up little camps close the river that were the first surviving communities in the Valley after the fall of the Hohokam. (Phoenix was settled rudely afterward, by 1867–68.) The two settlements were ‘Hayden’s Ferry’, named after a ferry utility operated by Charles T. Hayden, and ‘San Pablo’, and were located west and east of Hayden Butte respectively. The ferry became the key river crossing in the area. The Tempe Irrigating Canal Company was soon expected by William Kirkland and James McKinney to come going on with the grant for water for alfalfa, wheat, barley, oats, and cotton.