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Frank and Ivy Stranahan, founding pioneers of Fort Lauderdale and the first residents of Las Olas Boulevard. Their trading post Stranahan House is located between the boulevard and New River. Ivy established the first public school in Ft. Lauderdale and later donated the land which would eventually become Stranahan High School. [7]
It was projected that 954 was to be exhausted by the third quarter of 2002. The North American Numbering Plan Administration (NANPA) announced on December 4, 2000, an area code overlay plan for relief, assigning area code 754 to the same territory in Broward County. [2] The area code was activated on August 1, 2001 [3] and began use on April 1 ...
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.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, unlike many cities in the United States, has an official program for recognizing official neighborhoods. Under the Neighborhood Organization Recognition Program, [ 1 ] over 60 distinct neighborhoods have received official recognition from the city.
When the original North American area codes were introduced for a nationwide telephone numbering plan in 1947, the entire state was a single numbering plan area (NPA) with area code 305. In 1953, area code 813 was introduced for the western coast of Florida, and 904 was assigned for northern Florida in 1965. In 1988, area code 407 was ...
Sunrise Boulevard is a 15.6 miles (25.1 km) long east–west highway serving central Broward County mostly designated State Road 838 (SR 838). The road begins at an interchange with the Sawgrass Expressway in Sunrise and continues east to North Ocean Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, next to Hugh Taylor Birch State Park. [3]
Core-based statistical area [1] 2023 population (est.) [4] County 2023 population (est.) [4] Metropolitan division [1] 2023 population (est.) [4] Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL CSA: 7,011,936 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL MSA: 6,183,199 Miami-Dade County, Florida: 2,686,867 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL MD: 2,686,867 ...
Rank Name Population in 2020 [3] Metro Areas Recent former name(s) 1: Miami-Fort Lauderdale: 6,077,522: Miami-Ft. Lauderdale- Pompano Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area