Wilton Manors, Florida Wilton Manors, Florida City of Wilton Manors Location of Wilton Manors in Broward County, Florida Location of Wilton Manors in Broward County, Florida Incorporated (Village of Wilton Manors) May 13, 1947 Incorporated (City of Wilton Manors) May 13, 1953 Wilton Manors is a town/city in Broward County, Florida, United States.

Wilton Manors is part of the Miami Fort Lauderdale West Palm Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area, which was home to 5,564,635 citizens at the 2010 census.

Wilton Manors City Hall In the early twentieth century the region now known as Wilton Manors was known as Colohatchee.

The name Wilton Manors was coined in 1925 by Ned Willingham, a Georgia transplant and territory developer.

The town/city is home to a sizeable LGBT populace as well as winter vacationers, who incessant its many eveningclubs and gay-owned businesses along the chief street, Wilton Drive; the 2010 U.S.

The mayor, Gary Resnick, refers on his official biography to his male partner. While most of the gay guesthouses are to be found in neighboring Fort Lauderdale, a burgeoning number are being established in Wilton Manors.

A town/city web page highlights LGBT life in Wilton Manors, stating that "the City of Wilton Manors Police Department conducts police training that is geared toward working with the City's LGBT populace and has gay and lesbian officers amongst its ranks." All members of the town/city commission are LGBT, with the exception of Vice Mayor Scott Newton. Wilton Drive is the equivalent of "Main Street" in Wilton Manors.

Another example of the economic revitalization in Wilton Manors is the Highland Estates neighborhood, which is bordered by NE 26th Street on the south, Dixie Highway on the east, the North Fork of the Middle River on the north, and NE 6th Avenue on the west, was decidedly transformed in the decade from 1995 - 2005 from a blighted region to an upscale neighborhood with multiple new undivided townhouse developments.

Again following the nationwide trend as the housing bubble burst, Wilton Manors real property taxable values fell 36% from 2007 through 2011.

In 2014 the increase in Wilton Manors real estate values of 10.1% led Broward County.

Wilton Manors is home to a several recreational facilities, the biggest of which are Hagen Park, Richardson Historic Park and Nature Preserve, and Island City Park Preserve.

Other Wilton Manors parks include Donn Eisele Park, Snook Creek Park and Boat Ramp, and Colohatchee Park, a 9.3 acres (38,000 m2) recreational facility complete with a boardwalk for nature observation, a dog park, and a boat ramp for watercraft entry.

Wilton Manors' first library opened on June 24, 1957, as a universal of the Jayceettes and staffed by volunteers.

Sullivan Public Library of Wilton Manors, is not a part of the Broward County Library system.

The volunteer organization, Friends of the Wilton Manors Public Library, actively supports the library's collections and programming.

Wilton Manors is positioned at 26 9 31 N 80 8 22 W (26.158712, -80.139516). It is bordered on the north by the North Fork of the Middle River and the town/city of Oakland Park; to the south, the boundaries include the South Fork of the Middle River and the town/city of Fort Lauderdale; the easterly end of the town/city limits extends to near Federal Highway (US 1); and the westernmost boundary reaches Interstate 95.

Wilton Manors completely surrounds the separately incorporated village of Lazy Lake.

Since it is surrounded by water, Wilton Manors has attained the nickname, "Island City." Wilton Manors Demographics 2010 Enumeration Wilton Manors Broward County Florida Wilton Manors is known as a gay village.

Wilton Manors rates 2nd in the U.S.

Wilton Manors has approximately 1270% more resident gay couples per capita than the nationwide average of 1.1% of the population.

As of 2000, Wilton Manors was the 133rd most Cuban-populated region in the US (tied with Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey) at 1.58% of the population, while it had the twenty-seventh highest percentage of Haitians in the US, (tied with North Lauderdale and Florida City) at 6.7% of all residents. Since the early 2000s Wilton Manors has voted overwhelmingly Democratic, higher than the state and county average.

Although the town/city is very small geographically, portions of Wilton Manors are positioned in two separate U.

Wilton Manors people are represented in Congress by Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Ted Deutch.

Wilton Manors is 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.

In 2010 Wilton Manors Main Street (now Wilton Manors Development alliance) aided Brazos Films in the manufacturing of episode seven of their award-winning series One Square Mile. "Wilton Manors Historical Society Historical Notes, July 2013: Colohatchee Train Station" (PDF).

By Ron Ulm with Benjamin Little and the Wilton Manors Historical Society.

"Wilton Manors: From Farming Community to Urban Village (page 17)".

Little and the Wilton Manors Historical Society.

"Gay Wilton Manors News - Gay Wilton Manors News".

"The Enumeration confirms it: Wilton Manors in No.

"Wilton Manors, FL - Official Website - LGBT Life in Wilton Manors".

Manuel d'Oliveira, "Scott Newton: Vice Mayor of Wiltom Manors, South Florida Gay News, April 20, 2016, p.

"MLA Data Center Results for Wilton Manors, FL".

"Wilton Manors Development Alliance".

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