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Kendall is an
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and
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in
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, United States. It is part of the
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. At the 2020 census, the area had a population of 80,241.


History

Much of what is now Kendall was purchased from the State of Florida in 1883 by the Florida Land and Mortgage Company. It was named for Henry John Broughton Kendall, a director of the company, who moved to the area in the 1900s to manage the company's land. As the land was not open to
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, development was slow well into the 20th century. A post office opened in 1914, and the first school opened in 1929. After the end of the land boom in 1926, some residents left. Two
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camps were in the Kendall area, and Seminoles continued to live there into the 1940s. Prior to the 1950s, the term "Kendall" was used to describe a region centered around U.S. Route 1, bounded by Snapper Creek to the north, the
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to the west, Old Cutler Road to the east, and the former community of Rockdale to the south. This area was largely uninhabited, generally consisting of pine rockland interspersed with fields and groves. As the region experienced rapid development in the 1950s, the moniker "Kendall" came to refer to the various communities built in the vicinity of present-day Pinecrest and the eastern half of the current Kendall CDP. When growth shifted west in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, the usage of the term steadily shifted west concurrently, and today it is most often applied to the area more formally known as West Kendall. Prior to incorporation in 1996, the Village of Pinecrest was still included in the official boundaries of Kendall CDP. In August 1992, Kendall and the surrounding South Dade area were severely damaged by
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. Many of the homes and businesses in the area were destroyed. In the subsequent years, the area was slowly rebuilt.


Geography

Kendall is located southwest of
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at (25.666781, −80.356533). It is bordered to the east by the village of Pinecrest, to the southeast by the village of Palmetto Bay, to the south by Palmetto Estates and Richmond Heights, to the southwest by Three Lakes, to the west by The Crossings, to the northwest by Kendale Lakes, to the north by
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, and to the northeast by Glenvar Heights. U.S. Route 1 forms the eastern boundary of Kendall; it leads northeast to Miami and southwest to Homestead. The
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forms the western boundary of Kendall, leading north to Doral and south to its southern terminus at Florida City. The Don Shula Expressway ( Florida State Road 874) crosses Kendall from northeast to southwest. According to the
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, the Kendall CDP has a total area of ; of it are land and of it (3.03%) are water.


Climate

Kendall has a
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( Am) which is similar to the remainder of
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, although its inland location does make it cooler at night and warmer during the day compared to coastal areas such as
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.


Demographics


2010 and 2020 census

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 80,241 people, 27,691 households, and 19,077 families residing in the CDP. As of the 2010 United States census, there were 75,371 people, 27,287 households, and 18,812 families residing in the CDP.


2000 census

In 2000, 33.4% households had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.0% were married couples living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.0% were non-families. 24.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.14. In 2000, 23.3% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 31.8% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 11.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.4 males. In 2000, the
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was $51,330 and the median family income was $61,241. Males had a median income of $42,875 and females $31,416. The
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was $27,914. About 5.7% of families and 8.6% of the population were below the
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, including 8.0% of those under age 18 and 10.9% of those age 65 or over. In 2000, 52.46% of residents spoke
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at home, while those who spoke only English comprised 40.38%. Speakers of Portuguese were 1.49% of the population, French 1.12%, and French Creole 0.95%.


Transportation

Kendall is served by Metrobus throughout the area, and by the
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at: * Dadeland North (SW 70th Avenue and U.S. 1) * Dadeland South (Dadeland Boulevard and U.S. 1) Both stations provide metro service from Dadeland to nearby commercial centers like the city of
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,
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, and
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. Dadeland South station is a major transit depot in the area, connecting the southernmost cities of Homestead and Florida City to Metrorail via
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bus rapid transit along the South Miami-Dade Busway.


Economy

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. 38. Retrieved on February 2, 2012. "We also lease approximately 13,500 square feet at 7300 North Kendall Drive, 8th Floor, Miami, Florida, which houses most of our administrative operations for our Pollo Tropical restaurants."
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The headquarters moved to Dadeland in 1994. Kendall is the site of Dadeland Mall, an upscale indoor shopping mall in East Kendall with
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as anchor stores. In South Kendall, directly south of Dadeland Mall on US-1 is The Falls (mall), an open-air shopping mall with
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as anchor store as well as a
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. Prior to its dissolution, Air Florida was headquartered in the Dade Towers in what is now the Kendall CDP.


Government and infrastructure

The Miami-Dade Police Department operates the Kendall District Station in the CDP.


Notable people

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Education


Primary, middle and secondary schools


Public schools

The first public school in Kendall was Kendall School, now renamed Kenwood K-8 Center. Kenwood is the site of the Kenwoods Hammock, a native forest planting which has become a world-renowned stop for bird watchers.
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serves Kendall.


=Kindergarten - 12th grade

= *Instructional Center System Wide *Ruth Owen Kruse Education Center


=High schools

= *
Miami Killian High School Miami Killian Senior High School is a secondary school located at 10655 SW 97th Ave, Miami, FL 33176 in the Kendall area of unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida. The school is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools System. Miami Kil ...
is in the CDP. *
Miami Palmetto High School Miami Palmetto Senior High School is a public high school located at 7431 S.W. 120th Street in Pinecrest, Florida. The school is on in southwest Miami-Dade County, and is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools district. Miami Norland S ...
in Pinecrest serves a portion of the CDP. * School for Advanced Studies (Kendall campus) * Miami Sunset Senior High School * Felix Varela Senior High School


=Middle schools

= *Archimedean Middle Conservatory (charter) *Miami MacArthur South *Pinecrest Academy (North Campus) (charter) *Hammocks Middle School *Howard D. McMillan Middle School *Arvida Middle School *Miami Arts studio


=Elementary schools

= *Academir Charter School West *Archimedean Academy (charter) * Bowman Foster Ashe Elementary School *Calusa Elementary School *Christina M. Eve Elementary School *Claude Pepper Elementary School *Dante B. Fascell Elementary School *Devon Aire K–8 Center *Dr. Manuel C. Barreiro Elementary School *Gilbert Porter Elementary School *Jane S. Roberts K–8 School *Kendale Elementary *Kendale Lakes Elementary * Kenwood Elementary * Leewood Elementary School *Oliver Hoover Elementary School *Santa Fe Advantage Academy (charter) * Sunset Park Elementary School *Vineland K–8 Center *Winston Park K–8 Center *William H. Lehman Elementary


Private schools

*Atlantis Academy (K–12) *Calusa Preparatory School *Cattoira Montessori School (PK–5) *Children's Resources (PK–2) * Florida Christian School *Gateway Christian School *Greenfield Day School (K–8) *Islamic School of Miami *Kendall Christian School (PK–5) *Killian Oaks Academy *La Scuola (PK–3) *Learning Links Schoolhouse (K–5) *St. Catherine of Siena Catholic School (of the
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) *St. John Neuman School (PK–8) - Established in 1981. - Compare address to Kendall CDP map * Westminster Christian School *Westwood Christian School


Colleges and universities

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(Kendall Campus) * Kaplan University (Support Center) * Keiser University (Kendall Campus) *
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(Kendall Campus) *
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(Miami Student Educational Center) * Polleo Institute (Tertiary education)


Supplementary schools

Miami Hoshuko is a hoshuko, supplementary Japanese school in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It holds classes in the First Baptist Church of Coral Park () in Westchester, Florida, Westchester, and it has its office in Doral, Florida, Doral.
, a weekend school for Japanese citizens, previously held classes at the Kendall United Methodist Church,
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now in Pinecrest but formerly in the Kendall CDP as of 1990. * 2022: * 2001: * - Location of church indicated *


Media

Kendall is served by the Miami market for local
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and
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. Kendall has its own newspaper, ''The Kendall Gazette'', which is published twice monthly and is part of Miami Community Newspapers.


References


External links

* - The Kendall CDP as of 1990 is on page
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