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Fort Lauderdale (/ ˈ l ɔː d ər d eɪ l / LAW-dər-dayl) is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, 30 miles (48 km) north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean.It is the county seat of and most populous city in Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the 2020 census, [7] making it the tenth-most populous city in Florida.
Broward County (/ ˈ b r aʊ. ər d / BROURD) is a county in Florida, United States, located in the Miami metropolitan area.It is Florida's second-most populous county after Miami-Dade County and the 17th-most populous in the United States, with 1,944,375 residents as of the 2020 census. [7]
The population of Florida is 22,610,726, an increase of 5.0% from 2020. The average population of Florida's counties is 337,474; Miami-Dade County is the most populous (2,686,867) and Liberty County is the least (7,706). The average land area is 805 sq mi (2,085 km 2). The largest county is Collier County as per 2020 Census bureau of 1,998.32 ...
Florida rank U.S. rank Metropolitan area Population (2023 est.) 1 9 Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach: 6,183,199 2 17 Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater: 3,342,963 3 21 Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford: 2,817,933 4 38 Jacksonville: 1,713,240 5 63 North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota: 910,108 6 72 Cape Coral–Fort Myers: 834,573 7 75 ...
When a new county named St. Lucie County was established in 1905, Fort Pierce was named the county seat. Lake Butler was the county seat of Bradford County, Florida from 1860 until a referendum changed the county seat to Starke, Florida on August 17, 1887. Lake Butler later became the county seat of Union County, Florida when it was established ...
The settlers fled the area with the start of the Second Seminole War, and the U.S. Army built a series of forts called Fort Lauderdale near the river. The first fort was where the North and South Forks joined. The fort was later moved to Tarpon Bend, and then to the barrier island near present-day Bahia Mar. A trading post established in the ...
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico. [3] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.
Fort Lauderdale incorporated. [3] Fort Lauderdale Sentinel newspaper begins publication. [4] Office of city marshall created. [5] 1912 North New River Canal built. [1] W.H. Marshall becomes mayor. 1913 - Fire station built. 1915 - Fort Lauderdale becomes seat of newly created Broward County. [1] 1917 Fort Lauderdale Woman's Club built. [6] Las ...