Pompano Beach, Florida Pompano Beach, Florida City of Pompano Beach Pompano Beach's eveningtime horizon viewed from Briny Avenue Pompano Beach's eveningtime horizon viewed from Briny Avenue Flag of Pompano Beach, Florida Flag Official seal of Pompano Beach, Florida Official logo of Pompano Beach, Florida Location of Pompano Beach in Broward County, Florida Location of Pompano Beach in Broward County, Florida Settled (Pompano Settlement) Circa Mid-1880's-1896 Incorporated (Town of Pompano) July 3, 1908 Incorporated (City of Pompano Beach) June 6, 1947 Pompano Beach / p mp no bi t / is a town/city in Broward County, Florida, United States, along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean just to the north of Fort Lauderdale.
As of the 2010 census the city's populace was 99,845, with an estimated populace of 102,984 as of 2012. 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.
Pompano Beach is presently in the middle of a redevelopment process to revitalize its beachfront and historic downtown. The town/city has also been listed as one of the top real estate markets, being featured in CNN, Money and the Wall Street Journal as one of the country's top vacation home markets.
Pompano Beach Airpark, positioned inside the city, is the home of the Goodyear Blimp Spirit of Innovation. Its name is derived from the Florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus), a fish found off the Atlantic coast. There had been scattered pioneer in the region from at least the mid-1880s, but the first documented permanent inhabitants of the Pompano region were George Butler and Frank Sheen and their families, who appeared in 1896 as stockyards employees. The first train appeared in the small Pompano settlement on February 22, 1896. It is said that Sheen gave the improve its name after jotting down on his survey of the region the name of the fish he had for dinner.
In 1906 Pompano became the southernmost settlement in newly created Palm Beach County. That year, the Hillsboro Lighthouse was instead of on the beach. Thus, inside eight years, Pompano had been in three counties. Pompano Beach experienced momentous growth amid the Florida territory boom of the 1920s.
Florida, a dispute stemming from a murder in Pompano Beach. Following the populace boom due to World War II, in 1947 the City of Pompano consolidated with the newly formed municipality on the beach and became the City of Pompano Beach. In 1950, the populace of the town/city reached 5,682.
Like most of southeast Florida, Pompano Beach experienced great expansion in the late 20th century as many citizens moved there from northern parts of the United States.
The town/city of Pompano Beach jubilated its centennial in 2008.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 25.4 square miles (65.8 km2), of which 24.0 square miles (62.2 km2) is territory and 1.4 square miles (3.6 km2), or 5.54%, is water. Pompano Beach is in northeastern Broward County along the Atlantic Ocean.
Hillsboro Beach Deerfield Beach Pompano Beach has a tropical rainforest climate.
Climate data for Pompano Beach, Florida Pompano Beach Demographics 2010 Enumeration Pompano Beach Broward County Florida In 2000, the town/city the populace was spread out with 17.7% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 23.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
As of 2010, before annexation of other areas, Pompano Beach has the highest concentration of inhabitants of Haitian lineage in the country, at 9.3% of the population. while it had the highest percentage of Brazilians in the US, at 2.67%, As of 2000, before many of the unincorporated areas were took in to the city, those who spoke only English were 76.4% of the population, while those who spoke Spanish as a mother tongue were 9.3%, while French Creole (Haitian Creole) was at 6.2%, French at 2.4%, Portuguese 1.5%, German was 1.0%, and Italian as a first language made up 0.9% of the population. Data for previously unincorporated areas that are now part of Pompano Beach: Pompano Beach Highlands as English being at 69.54% who spoke it as a first language, while Spanish at 20.26%, French Creole (Haitian Creole) at 4.74%, Portuguese 3.89%, and Vietnamese at 1.12% of the population. Although there are about 17 postsecondary schools inside 10 miles of downtown Pompano Beach, the majority of these are for-profit schools or ones that specialize in a specific field.
Pompano Beach is also the registered office for Augustine Graduate School, a post-secondary school, titled for the North African theologian, philosopher, educator, and scholar Augustine, the graduate school offers graduate programs in the areas of psychology, philosophy, theology, education, and business; extraly the graduate school offers graduate certificates in several regions.
Pompano Beach High School In recent years, an accomplishment to rejuvenate rundown areas near the city's beach has attained momentum and has stimulated a multibillion-dollar building boom.
Companies based in Pompano Beach include Associated Grocers of Florida and Pet - Meds.
According to the City's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the biggest employers in the town/city are: 1 Pompano Park 1,100 2 City of Pompano Beach 712 9 Pompano Masonry 300 Pompano Beach holds a several annual affairs including the Pompano Beach Seafood Festival, St.
Coleman's Italian Festival, the Pompano Beach Holiday Boat Parade, The Holiday Yuletide Parade and the Annual Nautical Flea Market at Pompano Community Park & Amphitheater. The Ely Educational Museum, Meridian Gallery, and Pompano Beach Art Gallery are positioned in the city.
Two theatres in the region include Curtain Call Playhouse and Poet Productions. There are two malls in Pompano Beach.
The other, Pompano Citi Centre, is an open-air mall.
Pompano Beach Golf Course is positioned in the city.
Local parks include Pompano Park and Fern Forest Nature Park.
There are also many lesser parks throughout the town/city of Pompano Beach, including Kester Park, Cresthaven Park, Harbors Edge Park, Scott Meyers Memorial Park, and many others.
In 2004, John Rayson became the first propel mayor of Pompano Beach.
At the federal level, Pompano Beach is positioned in Florida's 20th congressional district, which is represented by Democrat Alcee Hastings.
Pompano Beach is a part of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood media market, which is the twelfth biggest radio market and the seventeenth biggest tv market in the United States.
Local Pompano based media includes The Pompano Pelican, the longtime small-town weekly newspaper; the Deerfield-Pompano Beach Forum, presented by the Sun-Sentinel Company; Pompano Post Community Newspaper and Pompano - Fun.com, a website focusing on small-town entertainment and affairs; and tv program Today In Pompano. The South Florida Regional Transportation Authority has its command posts in Pompano Beach, positioned next to the Pompano Beach Tri-Rail station.
In addition to Tri-Rail, Pompano Beach is also served by a several bus routes directed by Broward County Transit.
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