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Broward County, Florida

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
41historic places
—earliest paper
1915formed
1,944,375pop. 2020
16cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 41 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Ft. Lauderdale.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

26 of 41 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

41 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Bonnet HouseFt. LauderdaleBuilding1984
Bryan BuildingFort LauderdaleBuilding1997
Butler, James D. and Alice, HouseDeerfield BeachBuilding1995
Cap's PlaceLighthouse PointBuilding1990
Council Oak Tree Site on the Hollywood Seminole Indian ReservationHollywoodSite2012
Croissant Park Administration BuildingFt. LauderdaleBuilding2001
Davie SchoolDavieBuilding1988
Davie Woman's ClubDavieBuilding2016
Deerfield SchoolDeerfield BeachBuilding1990
Deerfield SchoolDeerfield BeachBuilding1999
Dillard High School, OldFt. LauderdaleBuilding1991
Fort Lauderdale Woman's ClubFort LauderdaleBuilding2019
Gilliam, Sam, HouseFt. LauderdaleBuilding2001
Hammerstein HouseHollywoodBuilding2005
Hillsboro Inlet Light StationPompano BeachStructure1974
Hollywood Boulevard Historic Business DistrictHollywoodDistrict1999
Hollywood Garden ClubHollywoodBuilding2005
Hollywood Woman's ClubHollywoodBuilding1995
King, Dr. Willard Van Orsdel, HouseFort LauderdaleBuilding2006
Link Trainer BuildingFt. LauderdaleBuilding1998
Lock No. 1, North New River CanalPlantationStructure1978
Mai-Kai RestaurantOakland ParkBuilding2014
New River InnFort LauderdaleBuilding1972
North Woodlawn CemeteryFort LauderdaleSite2017
Nyberg-Swanson HouseDania BeachBuilding1999
Oakland Park Elementary SchoolOakland ParkBuilding1988
Pompano Beach MoundPompano BeachSite2014
RivermontFort LauderdaleSite2022
SS COPENHAGEN (shipwreck)Town of Lauderdale-By-The-SeaSite2001
Sample EstatePompano BeachBuilding1984
Sample-McDougald HousePompano BeachBuilding2004
Seaboard Air Line Railway Station, OldDeerfield BeachBuilding1990
South Side SchoolFort LauderdaleBuilding2006
St. Anthony SchoolFort LauderdaleBuilding1997
Stranahan HouseFort LauderdaleBuilding1973
Thorpe, Alfred and Olive, Lustron HouseFort LauderdaleBuilding2007
U.S. Car. No. 1 NHLFort LauderdaleObject1977
Villa ProvidenceHallandale BeachBuilding2013
West Side Grade School, OldFort LauderdaleBuilding2012
Williams HouseFort LauderdaleBuilding2005
Young, Joseph Wesley, HouseHollywoodBuilding1989

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Broward was formed in 1915 (1915-10-01) from Dade, Palm Beach.

BROWARD created from DADE (now MIAMI-DADE) and PALM BEACH. On 6 June 1913 an attempt was made to create BROWARD in the same general area, but creation did not take effect.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Broward County population from 1920 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1.9M975k5,13519201960197020002020
1920194019501960198020002020
5,13539,79483,933333,9461,018,2001,623,0181,944,375

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

16 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 16 of 16 listed
NameLatLon
Evergreen Cemetery26.10592-80.13199
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens North26.25952-80.12421
Forest Lawn Memorial Park of Broward County26.12701-80.17981
Fred Hunter's Hollywood Memorial Gardens North26.03476-80.23135
Hollywood Memorial Gardens North26.04064-80.2331
Hollywood Memorial Park26.02395-80.21045
Lauderdale Memorial Gardens26.12675-80.17615
Lauderdale Memorial Park26.09425-80.14893
Menorah Gardens26.05818-80.4307
Our Lady Queen of Heaven Cemetery26.20805-80.20099
Pompano Beach Cemetery26.22813-80.09976
Star of David Memorial Gardens26.20192-80.23011
Sunset Memorial Gardens26.15176-80.18979
Washington Memorial Cemetery26.13674-80.17622
Westlawn Memorial Gardens26.09236-80.22839
Woodlawn Cemetery26.03842-80.14727

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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