Pembroke Pines, Florida City of Pembroke Pines Official seal of City of Pembroke Pines Map of Florida highlighting Pembroke Pines.svg County Logo of Broward County, Florida.svg Broward Website City of Pembroke Pines Pembroke Pines is a town/city in Broward County, Florida, United States.
The town/city had a populace of 154,750 at the 2010 census, making it the second-most crowded city in Broward County and the 11th-most crowded in Florida.
It is a principal town/city of the Miami urbane area, which was home to an estimated 6,012,331 citizens at the 2015 census.
3.3 Public elementary schools Pembroke Pines was officially incorporated on January 16, 1960.
The city's name, Pembroke Pines, is traced back to Sir Edward Reed, a Member of Britain's Parliament for the County of Pembroke in 1874, who purchased and farmed territory in the 1880s which today is situated in much of what is now the close-by city of Dania Beach.
Kipnis) suggested the name Pembroke Pines because of the pine trees burgeoning near Pembroke Road. The first two subdivisions were called Pembroke Pines.
It was then known as the "Village of Pembroke Pines" and was incorporated into a village in 1959.
In January 1960, Pembroke Pines held another election, and the village became a city.
Pembroke Pines sought to give people involvement so they organized the Pembroke Pines Civic Association.
The square-mile town/city was unable to grew due to North Perry Airport and the South Florida State Hospital.
Joseph La - Croix, a developer, had his 320 acres (1.3 km2) of territory north of Pines Boulevard took in to the city.
27 was incorporated into Pembroke Pines, doubling the size of the city.
The city's rapid populace growth in the mid- to late 1990s was part of the effect of Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
Thousands of southern Miami-Dade County inhabitants moved northward to Broward County, many to Pembroke Pines.
The resulting boom ranked the City of Pembroke Pines third in a list of "Fastest Growing Cities" in the United States in 1999. Over the years, the increase in populace has caused the need for schools.
Flanagan High School had close to 6,000 students, making it the most populated high school in Florida.
In response to Broward County's need to keep up with demands, Mayor Alex Fekete and City Manager Charles Dodge started a Charter School System.
As of 2006, Pembroke Pines had the biggest Charter School System in the county.
The town/city is also home to campuses for Broward Community College and Florida International University.
The city's populace has grown from 65,452 in 1990 to 157,594 in 2011. In 2001, Pembroke Pines was home to the most dangerous road intersection (Pines Boulevard and Flamingo Road) in the United States, as stated to State Farm Insurance. A bond initiative was passed by town/city residents to allow the town/city to begin assembly to redesign the intersection.
Over the past decade as developers period Pembroke Pines westward, more hurricanes have affected the town/city and its residents.
In late October Hurricane Wilma's eye passed about 20 miles (32 km) toward the north of the city, which saw the strongest winds its inhabitants had experienced in decades.
Pembroke Pines is positioned at 26 00 46 N 80 18 49 W. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 34.8 square miles (90.2 km2), of which 33.1 square miles (85.8 km2) is territory and 1.7 square miles (4.4 km2) (4.88%) is water, making it one of the biggest cities in Broward County. Pembroke Pines has warm, dry winters and hot, muggy summers.
Climate data for Pembroke Pines, FL The region of Pembroke Pines west of Flamingo Road is generally known as West Pines, and consists mostly of subdivisions assembled since Hurricane Andrew.
Broward County Public Schools serves Pembroke Pines.
In addition, a several charter schools are positioned in Pembroke Pines, and the City of Pembroke Pines operates its own charter school system.
Pembroke Pines Charter High School West Broward High School Mc - Arthur High School (located in Hollywood, Florida) Somerset Academy Charter High School Glades Middle School (located in Miramar, Florida) Pembroke Pines Charter Middle School (Central, West and Academic Village) Pines Middle School Somerset Academy Charter Middle School Pasadena Lakes Elementary School Pembroke Lakes Elementary School Pembroke Pines Charter Elementary School (East, Central, West, and FSU campus) Pembroke Pines Elementary School Pines Lakes Elementary School Silver Lakes Elementary School (located in Miramar, Florida) Somerset Academy Charter Elementary School Sunset Lakes Elementary School (located in Miramar, Florida) Florida Career College Pembroke Pines Campus Keiser University Pembroke Pines Campus.
Pembroke Pines Demographics 2010 Enumeration Pembroke Pines Broward County Florida In 2000, the town/city the populace was spread out with 25.6% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 33.5% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
As of 2000, Pembroke Pines had the forty-fifth-highest percentage of Colombian inhabitants in the US, at 3% of the city's population, and the fiftieth-highest percentage of Cuban inhabitants in the US, at 8.66% of the city's population. It also had the twenty-fourth-highest percentage of Jamaicans in the US (tied with Wheatley Heights, New York,) at 5.1% of all residents. a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Pembroke Pines city, Florida; revised Jan.
"Monthly Averages for Pembroke Pines, FL (33028)".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"MLA's Data Center Results for Pembroke Pines, Florida".
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