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West Perrine, Florida
West Perrine is a census-designated place (CDP) in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. The population was 10,602 at the 2020 census, up from 9,460 in 2010. History Prior to the 2000 census it was part of Perrine. The other part of Perrine became the East Perrine CDP for the 2000 census and is now part of the incorporated Village of Palmetto Bay. West Perrine is still an unincorporated area, although some residents have discussed the possibility of incorporating Perrine. The name derives from a land grant issued to the heirs of Henry Perrine, an agriculturist (among other things). Geography West Perrine is located southwest of downtown Miami at (25.605133, -80.361899). It is bordered to the north by Palmetto Estates, to the east by Palmetto Bay, to the southeast by Cutler Bay, to the south by South Miami Heights, and to the west by Zoo Miami. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Census-designated Place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such as self-governing city (United States), cities, town (United States), towns, and village (United States), villages, for the purposes of gathering and correlating statistical data. CDPs are populated areas that generally include one officially designated but currently unincorporated area, unincorporated community, for which the CDP is named, plus surrounding inhabited countryside of varying dimensions and, occasionally, other, smaller unincorporated communities as well. CDPs include small rural communities, Edge city, edge cities, colonia (United States), colonias located along the Mexico–United States border, and unincorporated resort and retirement community, retirement communities and their environs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miami Metropolitan Area
The Miami metropolitan area is a coastal metropolitan area in southeastern Florida. It is the sixth-largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United States, the fifth-largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States, and the largest metropolitan area in Florida. It is also known as South Florida, SoFlo, SoFla, the Gold Coast, Southeast Florida, the Tri-County Area, or Greater Miami, and officially as the Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area. With a population of 6.45 million, its population exceeds List of U.S. states and territories by population, 31 of the nation's 50 states as of 2023. It comprises Counties of Florida, the three most populated counties in the state, Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County, Broward County, Florida, Broward County, and Palm Beach County, Florida, Palm Beach County. Miami-Dade County, with 2,701,767 people in 2020, is the List of United States counties and county equivalents, seventh-most p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non-Hispanic Or Latino African Americans
African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa. African Americans constitute the second largest ethno-racial group in the U.S. after White Americans. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of Africans enslaved in the United States. In 2023, an estimated 48.3 million people self-identified as Black, making up 14.4% of the country’s population. This marks a 33% increase since 2000, when there were 36.2 million Black people living in the U.S. African-American history began in the 16th century, with Africans being sold to European slave traders and transported across the Atlantic to the Western Hemisphere. They were sold as slaves to European colonists and put to work on plantations, particularly in the southern colonies. A few were able to achieve freedom through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non-Hispanic Or Latino Whites
Non-Hispanic Whites, also referred to as White Anglo Americans or Non-Latino Whites, are White Americans who are classified by the United States census as "White people, White" and not of White Hispanic and Latino Americans, Hispanic or Latino origin. According to annual estimates from the United States Census Bureau, as of July 1, 2023, non-Hispanic Whites comprised approximately 58.4% of the Demographics of the United States, U.S. population. Although non-Hispanic Whites remain the largest single Race and ethnicity in the United States, racial and ethnic group in the United States and still constitute a majority of the population, their share has declined significantly over the past eight decades. In 1940 United States census, 1940, they comprised approximately 89.8% of the total population, illustrating the extent of the demographic transformation that has occurred since the mid-20th century. This decline has been attributed to factors such as lower Birth rate, birth rates am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homestead, Florida
Homestead is a city within Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in the United States, U.S. state of Florida, between Biscayne National Park to the east and Everglades National Park to the west. Homestead is primarily a Miami suburb and a major agricultural area. It is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida, which was home to 6,138,333 people at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is located approximately southwest of Miami, and northwest of Key Largo. The population was 80,737 as of the 2020 census. The city of Homestead is located near the southern terminus of the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike where it ends at its junction with U.S. Route 1 in Florida, U.S. 1. Homestead is immediately north and east of Florida City, and these two cities comprise the greater Homestead–Florida City area. Some of the notable unincorporated communities in the area are Redland, Florida, Redland, Leisure City, Florida, Leisure City, Naranj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoo Miami
The Miami-Dade Zoological Park and Gardens, also known as Zoo Miami, is a zoological park and garden in Miami and is the largest zoo in Florida. Originally established in 1948 at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Zoo Miami relocated in 1980 as Miami MetroZoo to the former location of the Naval Air Station Richmond, southwest of Miami in southern unincorporated Miami-Dade County, surrounded by the census-designated places of Three Lakes (north), South Miami Heights (south), Palmetto Estates (east) and Richmond West (west). The only tropical zoo in the continental United States, Zoo Miami houses over 3,000 animals of around 500 species on almost , of which are developed. It is around if walked on the path, and features over 100 exhibits. The zoo's communications director is zookeeper Ron Magill. Zoo Miami is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). History The history of Zoo Miami can be traced back to 1948, when a small road show, stranded near Miami, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Miami Heights, Florida
South Miami Heights is a census-designated place (CDP), originally known as Eureka, in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. The population was 36,770 as of the 2020 census. Geography South Miami Heights is located southwest of downtown Miami at (25.588784, -80.385209). It is bordered to the east by Cutler Bay, to the south by Goulds, to the northwest by Richmond West, and to the northeast by West Perrine. It is bordered to the north by Thompson Memorial Park and Zoo Miami. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which , or 1.52%, are water. Demographics 2010 and 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 36,770 people, 10,769 households, and 8,265 families residing in the CDP. As of the 2010 United States census, there were 35,696 people, 10,558 households, and 8,485 families residing in the CDP. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 33,522 people, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cutler Bay, Florida
Cutler Bay is an incorporated town in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, established in 2005. With a population of 45,425 as of the 2020 US census, it is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. Cutler Bay is the 9th most populous of the 34 municipalities that make up Miami's urban core, and the 33rd most populous of the 163 municipalities. History The town was named after Dr. William Cutler of Massachusetts, who visited the area north of the community, around 1880, and encouraged others to settle in what became the pioneer community of Cutler. The Charles Deering Estate, located in nearby Palmetto Bay, contains the Cutler Fossil Site where mammoths, saber-toothed tigers and California condors are among the many fossil records. The park holds archeological evidence of Native American habitation of the land 10,000 years ago. Tequesta burial mounds are also found there. The area called Cutler Ridge had been called the "Hunting Ground" by some of the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmetto Estates, Florida
Palmetto Estates is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. The population was 13,498 at the 2020 census. Geography Palmetto Estates is located southwest of downtown Miami at (25.619782, -80.361752). It is bordered to the east by the village of Palmetto Bay. It is otherwise bordered by unincorporated communities: Kendal and Richmond Heights to the north, and West Perrine to the south. The western border is the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike. U.S. Route 1 (Dixie Highway) runs along the eastern border. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 1.89%, are water. Demographics 2010 and 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 13,498 people, 3,854 households, and 3,233 families residing in the CDP. As of the 2010 United States census, there were 13,535 people, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downtown Miami
Downtown Miami is the urban city center of Miami, Florida, United States. The city's greater downtown region consists of the Central Business District, Brickell, the Historic District, Government Center, the Arts & Entertainment District, and Park West. It is divided by the Miami River and is bordered by Midtown Miami's Edgewater, and Wynwood sections to its north, Biscayne Bay to its east, the Health District and Overtown to its west, and Coconut Grove to its south. Downtown Miami is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, the nation's ninth-largest and world's 34th-largest metropolitan area with a population of 6.158 million people. Within Downtown Miami, Brickell Avenue and Biscayne Boulevard are the main north–south roads, and Flagler Street is the main east–west road. The Downtown Miami perimeters are defined by the Miami Downtown Development Authority as the area east of Interstate 95 between Rickenbacker Causeway to the south and the Julia Tuttle Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Perrine
Henry Perrine (5 April 1797 – 7 August 1840) was a physician, horticulturist, United States Consul in Campeche, Campeche, Mexico, and an enthusiast for introducing tropical plants into cultivation in the United States. Early life Henry Edward Perrine was born April 5, 1797, at either New Brunswick, New Jersey or Cranbury, New Jersey, a son of Peter and Sarah Rozengrant Perrine, and a descendant of Daniel Perrin, "The Huguenot". He taught school for two years while still a youth, studied medicine, and then at age 22 moved to Ripley, Illinois where he practiced medicine for five years. In 1821 he was accidentally poisoned with arsenic, from which he never fully recovered. He married Ann Fuller Townsend in 1822 while living in Illinois. Studies of quinine Cold weather particularly bothered Perrine after his arsenic poisoning, and in 1824 he moved to Natchez, Mississippi (leaving his family in Illinois) in the hope that the climate would aid his recovery. He began studying her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmetto Bay, Florida
Palmetto Bay is a suburban incorporated village in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. Palmetto Bay includes two neighborhoods that were former census-designated places, Cutler and East Perrine. The village is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. The population was 24,439 as of the 2020 US census. History In August 1992, Palmetto Bay and the surrounding South Miami-Dade area were severely damaged by Hurricane Andrew. Many of the homes and businesses in Palmetto Bay were destroyed. In the subsequent years, the area was slowly rebuilt. Although many areas of Miami were heavily affected by Hurricane Andrew, Palmetto Bay was one of the worst affected and remains a reminder of the hurricane's extensive disaster in the city today. The village incorporated on September 10, 2002, taking the territory formerly held by the Cutler, Rockdale and East Perrine census-designated places. The founding council consisted of Mayor Eugene Flinn, Jr., Vice Mayor, Linda Rob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
