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Miami-Dade County, Florida

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
194historic places
—earliest paper
1836formed
2,701,767pop. 2020
28cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 194 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970; 5 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Miami, Miami Shores, Opa-Locka.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Florida is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Miami-Dade titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

154 of 194 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

194 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Ace TheatreMiamiBuilding2016
Adams, Carl G., HouseMiami SpringsBuilding1985
Allen, Hervey, StudySouth MiamiBuilding1974
Anderson, William, General Merchandise StoreGouldsBuilding1977
Anhinga TrailHomesteadSite1996
Arch Creek Historic and Archeological SiteNorth MiamiSite1986
Atlantic Gas StationMiamiBuilding1988
Bacardi ComplexMiamiBuilding2018
Baird HouseOpa-LockaBuilding1987
Barracks and Mess Building-US Coast Guard Air Station at Dinner KeyMiamiBuilding1995
Barry University Historic DistrictMiami ShoresDistrict2019
Bay Shore Historic DistrictMiamiDistrict1992
Beth Jacob Social Hall and CongregationMiami BeachBuilding1980
Boca Chita Key Historic DistrictBiscayne National ParkDistrict1997
Bow, Lily Lawrence, LibraryHomesteadBuilding1996
Brickell MausoleumMiamiBuilding1989
Bryan, William Jennings, HouseMiamiBuilding2012
Building at 10108 Northeast 1st AvenueMiami ShoresBuilding1988
Building at 107 Northeast 96th StreetMiami ShoresBuilding1988
Building at 121 Northeast 100th StreetMiami ShoresBuilding1988
Building at 1291 Northeast 102nd StreetMiami ShoresBuilding1988
Building at 145 Northeast 95th StreetMiami ShoresBuilding1988
Building at 253 Northeast 99th StreetMiami ShoresBuilding1988
Building at 257 Northeast 91st StreetMiami ShoresBuilding1988
Building at 262 Northeast 96th StreetMiami ShoresBuilding1988
Building at 273 Northeast 98th StreetMiami ShoresBuilding1988
Building at 276 Northeast 98th StreetMiami ShoresBuilding1988
Building at 284 Northeast 96th StreetMiami ShoresBuilding1988
Building at 287 Northeast 96th StreetMiami ShoresBuilding1988
Building at 310 Northeast 99th StreetMiami ShoresBuilding1988
Building at 353 Northest 91st StreetMiami ShoresBuilding1988
Building at 357 Northeast 92nd StreetMiami ShoresBuilding1988
Building at 361 Northeast 97th StreetMiami ShoresBuilding1988
Building at 384 Northeast 94th StreetMiami ShoresBuilding1988
Building at 389 Northeast 99th StreetMiami ShoresBuilding1988
Building at 431 Northeast 94th StreetMiami ShoresBuilding1988
Building at 477 Northeast 92nd StreetMiami ShoresBuilding1988
Building at 540 Northeast 96th StreetMiami ShoresBuilding1988
Building at 553 Northeast 101st StreetMiami ShoresBuilding1988
Building at 561 Northeast 101st StreetMiami ShoresBuilding1988
Building at 577 Northeast 96th StreetMiami ShoresBuilding1988
Cadillac HotelMiami BeachBuilding2005
Cape Florida LighthouseCape FloridaStructure1970
Central Baptist ChurchMiamiBuilding1989
City National Bank BuildingMiamiBuilding1989
City of Miami CemeteryMiamiSite1989
Cla-Reina HotelCoral GablesBuilding2020
Clune BuildingMiami SpringsBuilding1985
Coco Plum Woman's ClubCoral GablesBuilding2005
Coconut Grove LibraryMiamiBuilding2017
Coconut Grove PlayhouseMiamiBuilding2018
Collins Waterfront Architectural DistrictMiami BeachDistrict2011
Congress BuildingMiamiBuilding1985
Coral CastleHomesteadDistrict1984
Coral Gables City HallCoral GablesBuilding1974
Coral Gables Congregational ChurchCoral GablesBuilding1978
Coral Gables Elementary SchoolCoral GablesBuilding1988
Coral Gables HouseCoral GablesBuilding1973
Coral Gables Police and Fire StationCoral GablesBuilding1984
Coral Gables Woman's ClubCoral GablesBuilding1990
Cravero HouseOpa-LockaBuilding1987
Crouse HouseOpa-LockaBuilding1987
Curtiss, Glenn, HouseMiami SpringsBuilding2001
Curtiss, Lua, House IMiami SpringsBuilding1985
Curtiss, Lua, House IIMiami SpringsBuilding1985
Dade County CourthouseMiamiBuilding1989
Deering, Charles, EstateCutlerDistrict1986
Dorsey, D. A., HouseMiamiBuilding1989
Douglas EntranceCoral GablesBuilding1972
Douglas, Marjory Stoneman, House NHLMiami2015
Downtown Miami Historic DistrictMiamiDistrict2005
DuPont, Alfred I., BuildingMiamiBuilding1989
El JardinMiamiBuilding1974
Entrance to Central MiamiCoral GablesStructure1989
Etheredge HouseOpa-LockaBuilding1987
Faust, Thomas, HouseHomesteadBuilding1996
Fire Station No. 2MiamiBuilding1989
Fire Station No. 4MiamiBuilding1984
First Coconut Grove SchoolMiamiBuilding1975
Fisher-Sapero HouseSurfsideBuilding2023
Flori-Coral ApartmentsMiamiBuilding2023
Florida East Coast Railway Locomotive #153MiamiStructure1985
Florida Pioneer MuseumFlorida CityBuilding1973
Fontainebleau HotelMiami BeachBuilding2008
Fowey Rocks LightFloridaStructure2011
Freedom Tower NHLMiamiBuilding1979
Fuchs BakeryHomesteadBuilding1996
Fulford by the Sea EntranceNorth Miami BeachObject2010
Gaylord HouseMiami BeachBuilding2021
Gesu ChurchMiamiBuilding1974
Giller BuildingMiami BeachBuilding2018
Grand Concourse ApartmentsMiami ShoresBuilding1985
Greater Bethel AME ChurchMiamiBuilding1992
Griffiths HouseOpa-LockaBuilding1987
Grove Park Historic DistrictMiamiDistrict2023
HALF MOON (shipwreck)MiamiSite2001
Hahn BuildingMiamiBuilding1989
Haislip HouseOpa-LockaBuilding1987
Halissee HallMiamiBuilding1974
Hampton House MotelMiamiBuilding2022
Helm Stores and ApartmentsOpa-LockaBuilding1987
Helms HouseOpa-LockaBuilding1987
Hialeah Park Race TrackHialeahSite1979
Hialeah Seaboard Air Line Railway StationHialeahBuilding1995
Higgins DuplexOpa-LockaBuilding1987
Homestead Historic Downtown DistrictHomesteadDistrict2007
Homestead Public School-Neva King Cooper SchoolHomesteadBuilding1985
Homestead Town HallHomesteadBuilding1997
Huntington BuildingMiamiBuilding1989
Hurt, Harry, BuildingOpa-LockaBuilding1982
Ingraham BuildingMiamiBuilding1989
Jackson, Dr. James M., OfficeMiamiBuilding1975
Jones Family Historic DistrictIslandiaDistrict2013
KampongMiamiSite1984
Kentucky HomeMiamiBuilding1989
King Trunk Factory and ShowroomOpa-LockaBuilding1987
Lincoln Memorial Park CemeteryMiamiSite2018
Lincoln Road MallMiami BeachSite2011
Lindeman-Johnson HouseHomesteadBuilding1996
Long HouseOpa-LockaBuilding1987
Lummus Park Historic DistrictMiamiDistrict2006
Lyric TheaterMiamiBuilding1989
MacFarlane Homestead Historic DistrictCoral GablesDistrict1994
Martina ApartmentsMiamiBuilding1989
Masjid al-AnsarMiamiBuilding2026
McMinn-Horne HouseHomesteadBuilding1996
Meyer-Kiser BuildingMiamiBuilding1989
Miami Beach Architectural DistrictMiami BeachDistrict1979
Miami Black Police Precinct and CourthouseMiamiBuilding2020
Miami Circle at Brickell Point Site, The NHLMiamiSite2002
Miami City Hospital, Building No. 1MiamiBuilding1979
Miami Edison Senior High SchoolMiamiBuilding1986
Miami Marine StadiumMiamiStructure2018
Miami Senior High SchoolMiamiBuilding1990
Miami Women's ClubMiamiBuilding1974
Miami-Biltmore Hotel NHLCoral GablesBuilding1972
Millard-McCarty HouseMiami SpringsBuilding1986
Monroe Lake Archeological DistrictHomesteadDistrict1996
Monticello HotelMiami BeachBuilding2017
Mount Zion Baptist ChurchMiamiBuilding1988
Munroe, Ralph M., HouseMiamiBuilding1973
Naval Air Station Richmond Headquarters BuildingMiamiBuilding2017
Nike Missile Site HM-69HomesteadDistrict2004
Normandy Isles Historic DistrictMiami BeachDistrict2008
North Beach BandshellMiami BeachStructure2022
North Shore Historic DistrictMiami BeachDistrict2009
Ocean Spray HotelMiami BeachBuilding2004
Offshore Reefs Archeological DistrictHomesteadDistrict1984
Old Spanish MonasteryNorth Miami BeachBuilding1972
Old US Post Office and CourthouseMiamiBuilding1989
Olympia Theater and Office BuildingMiamiBuilding1984
Opa-Locka Company Administration BuildingOpa-LockaBuilding1982
Opa-Locka Railroad StationOpa-LockaBuilding1987
Opa-locka BankOpa-lockaBuilding1983
Osceola Apartment HotelMiami SpringsBuilding1985
Palm CottageMiamiBuilding1989
Pan American Airways Historic DistrictMiamiDistrict2025
Pan American Seaplane Base and Terminal BuildingMiamiBuilding1975
Parrot Jungle Historic DistrictPinecrestDistrict2011
Plymouth Congregational ChurchMiamiBuilding1974
PopuloHomesteadSite2006
Ransom School "Pagoda"MiamiBuilding1973
Richmond Heights Pioneer Historic DistrictMiamiDistrict2019
Root BuildingOpa-LockaBuilding1987
S & S Sandwich ShopMiamiBuilding1989
Sears, Roebuck and Company Department StoreMiamiBuilding1997
Security BuildingMiamiBuilding1989
Seminole Cafe and HotelHomesteadBuilding2008
Shark River Slough Archeological DistrictHomesteadDistrict1996
Shoreland ArcadeMiamiBuilding1989
Silver Palm SchoolhouseGouldsBuilding1987
South River Drive Historic DistrictMiamiDistrict1987
Southside SchoolMiamiBuilding1989
St. John's Baptist ChurchMiamiBuilding1992
Sunshine State ArchMiami GardensStructure2014
Sweeting HomesteadBiscayne National ParkSite1997
Taber DuplexOpa-LockaBuilding1987
Thomas, Arden "Doc", HouseSouth MiamiBuilding2014
Tinsman HouseOpa-LockaBuilding1987
Tooker HouseOpa-LockaBuilding1987
Trapp HomesteadMiamiBuilding1994
Trinity Episcopal CathedralMiamiBuilding1980
US Coast Guard Air Station Hangar at Dinner KeyMiamiBuilding2002
US Post Office and CourthouseMiamiBuilding1983
Vagabond MotelMiamiBuilding2014
Venetian CausewayMiamiStructure1989
Venetian PoolCoral GablesStructure1981
Virginia Key Beach ParkMiamiSite2002
Vizcaya NHLMiamiDistrict1970
Vizcaya (Boundary Increase)MiamiSite1978
Walgreen Drug StoreMiamiBuilding1989
Warner, J. W., HouseMiamiBuilding1983
Wheeler HouseOpa-LockaBuilding1987
Women's Club of Coconut GroveMiamiBuilding1975

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Miami-Dade was formed in 1836 (1836-02-04) from Monroe.

DADE (now MIAMI-DADE) created by Florida Territory from MONROE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Miami-Dade County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

2.7M1.4M831840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
446832574,95542,753267,739495,084935,0471,625,7812,253,3622,701,767

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

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Biscayne National ParkPark unit37.6 km
Everglades National ParkPark unit53.5 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

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

Cemeteries — 28 of 28 listed
NameLatLon
Caballero Rivero Palms Woodlawn Cemetery25.51705-80.43394
Caballero Rivero Woodlawn South Cemetery25.65954-80.38197
Charlotte Jane Memorial Park Cemetery25.72521-80.25283
Charlotte Jane Memorial Park Cemetery25.72482-80.25311
City of Miami Cemetery25.79342-80.19263
Dade Memorial Park25.90244-80.22174
Dade South Memorial Park25.63589-80.38374
Evergreen Memorial Park25.8137-80.2456
Flagler Memorial Park25.77282-80.28376
Graceland Memorial Park North25.76329-80.26886
Greater Miami Jewish Cemetery25.90065-80.2181
Lakeside Memorial Park25.79854-80.36283
Lincoln Evergreen Memorial Park25.81704-80.2456
Lincoln Memorial Park25.8176-80.24558
Miami Memorial Park Cemetery25.71153-80.32027
Miami Memorial Park Cemetery25.71153-80.32027
Miami Shores Memorial Park25.86101-80.19364
Mount Nebo Cemetery25.71472-80.32082
Mount Nebo Miami Memorial Gardens25.77644-80.28432
Mount Sinai Memorial Park25.89994-80.21575
Oaklawn Pet Cemetery25.86148-80.23227
Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery25.80031-80.38027
Pine Lawn Memorial Cemetery25.63946-80.38337
Pinelawn Memorial25.62677-80.36505
Silver Green Cemetery25.5451-80.41255
Southern Memorial Park25.90176-80.16644
Vista Memorial Gardens25.9037-80.29422
Woodlawn Park North Cemetery25.76256-80.24821

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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