Florida City, Florida

Florida City, Florida City of Florida City Motto: Gateway to Florida Keys and the Everglades Location in Miami-Dade County and the state of Florida Location in Miami-Dade County and the state of Florida State Florida Florida City is a town/city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States and is the southernmost municipality in the South Florida urbane area.

Florida City is primarily a Miami suburb and a primary agricultural area.

The town/city lies to the south and west of, and is adjoining with, Homestead.

Both metros/cities suffered catastrophic damage in August 1992, when Hurricane Andrew hit South Florida.

The name was changed to Florida City when the town incorporated in 1914. It has a small historic area, but much of the town/city is hotels and other tourist facilities.

The town/city is at the easterly end of the only road running through the Everglades National Park, which terminates at Flamingo.

Florida City is the southernmost town/city in the United States which is not on an island.

It is also the last stop on the mainland north of the Florida Keys.

The southern end of the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike where it ends at its junction with U.S.

1 is positioned in Florida City.

Homestead is immediately north and east of Florida City, and these two metros/cities comprise the greater Homestead-Florida City area.

Some of the notable unincorporated communities in the region are Redland, Leisure City, Naranja, and Princeton.

Florida City is situated mostly up on a limestone ridge called the Miami Rock Ridge that extends south from present day North Miami Beach to a locale in Everglades National Park. The ridge, consisting of Miami limestone, serves as the higher ground inside the community.

The old locale of the Florida East Coast Railway track marks the approximate boundary of the locale of the limestone ridge south of Davis Parkway.

Prior to settlement, the ridge was vegetated by South Florida Slash Pine trees, which were alternatively known as "Dade County Pine" (Pinus elliottii var.

(Remnants of these pines can be seen today in small-town parks and in Everglades National Park at the Long Pine Key picnic area.) These pine rocklands were crushed by equipment and converted to farmland amid the 1900s. Tomatoes, squash, and other truck crops were grown in the region during the winter months and packed at the Florida City State Farmers' Market near Krome Avenue and Palm Drive, driving the small-town economy throughout the 1900s.

Old timers of Florida City called these coastal glades the "East Glade". This was an extension of Everglades that extended from areas west and south of Florida City to its east.

Potatoes were the major crop grown in the East Glade before to the assembly of extensive housing developments inside the areas took in by the City of Homestead in the late 1970s.

Florida City was historically bisected by a slough.

Sloughs were generally found crossing the limestone ridge at a roughly perpendicular angle from Miami to Florida City.

Florida City's slough (officially called "Long Slough" or "Long Glade Slough") entered the town/city near Redland Road and Lucy Street, and extended athwart the town/city to the southeast to a locale near today's NW 3rd Street and NW 3rd Avenue.

Long Slough was a slow flowing body of water that originated in the Everglades just south of the Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport. As canals were constructed in the 1900s, and especially the 1960s, the slough was drained and became a low valley in the limestone ridge.

Roadways (such as Redland Road near West Homestead Elementary School, NW 6th Avenue north of Davis Parkway, and NW 3rd Avenue about fifty feet north of NW 3rd Street) had culverts constructed under them to allow water to pass through the slough.

NW 4th Street east of NW 5th Avenue dead ended near the approximate locale where a fictional NW 4th Avenue would intersect that street.

An additional natural feature existed along Davis Parkway, extending into the Florida City Camper Park.

Florida City today serves as the southern end of the Florida Turnpike. Motels and eateries are positioned along US 1 before to taking the highway south into the Florida Keys.

Along with serving as the mainland entrance to the Florida Keys, Florida City also serves as the gateway to the chief section of Everglades National Park. Florida City is positioned at 25 27 05 N 80 29 04 W. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 8.3 km2 (3.2 mi2), all land.

Florida City Unincorporated Miami-Dade County Unincorporated Miami-Dade County Unincorporated Miami-Dade County Florida City Demographics 2010 Enumeration Florida City Miami-Dade County Florida In 2000, the town/city population was spread out with 39.7% under the age of 18, 11.0% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 15.8% from 45 to 64, and 7.2% who were 65 years of age or older.

As of 2000, Florida City had the sixty-sixth highest percentage of Cuban inhabitants in the US, with 5.06% of the populace, while it had the twenty-seventh highest percentage of Haitian inhabitants in the US, at 6.70% of all the populace (tied with North Lauderdale and Wilton Manors.) The Florida Department of Corrections operates the Dade Correctional Institution and the Homestead Correctional Institution in an unincorporated region near Florida City. The Dade CI was originally the Dade Correctional Institution Annex, and the Homestead CI was originally the Dade Correctional Institution; the two received their current names on July 1, 2003. The United States Postal Service operates the Florida City Post Office. Florida City is a part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools system.

Florida City is zoned to: Florida City Elementary School (Florida City) Florida City also has the following Charter Schools: Climate data for Florida City City of North Miami Beach, Florida - North Miami Beach Florida City State Farmers' Market: Marketing Florida Agriculture Detailed Soil Map Units (SS of Dade, Florida) | NRCS Soils City of Homestead - Online Florida's Turnpike - The Less Stressway The Official Tourism Council Web Site for the Florida Keys! "MLA Data Center Results of Florida City, Fla.".

"Florida City, FL Population and Races".

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