#421 a Facts About Florida and Dade County, February 1968FA~ F~ ~D ~
3~
~ - t~ ~r n ef its ~e is fled. The ce~nly accepted
that is ~ Indian word ~g "sweet ,.
Dade was named for ~or is L, ~e, ~o was ~sa~red ~h BLs
c im 183~ at the be of the ~on~ ~le War.
Is a is a ~cipa~lity d s of Key Biscayne mud co~ists of
t% Key ~ o$~her keys mmrth of *~ lin~. ¥o~d by ~ietre
to L~eorporate ~ 8, 19~O.
The Da~e Co~ty area is 2,0~2 square ~les and provides one of the country,s
most aerie al areas ~ oma of the c 's le~ c~ on
am~ .
The aver~ t~ of ~ is ?~.3 degrees.
~ is ~§ east of Tampa and 3~ ~es south of Jaeks~lle.
a , is an ial~ ~st ~ff t~ % ~ast
Beth ~ made into an island ~y ~he e of a channel h the
st m~eek of la~ to the , a strip as "B~r's H ,.
The ~ea of Miami Beach is 7.1
~s. ~tal water is
~es. The water area is 10
miles includi~ ocean ~e a~ ic
he c ~ ~ame cf the ~ B~h.
~ is ~ fro~ Xey We~ 23 s ffrom Fort L § miles from
Cer~ G~lea ~
T~ % es for Bade as of July 1, 1967 is 1,181,8~.
~ of ~e ~eas ef the c for the same date
ion for Dado as ~ven by the Dado p
Dep FeBruary
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1~. ~ ~ pep~ation of Miami Beach as estimated Jammary 1, 1968 is
~ Cub~ ~p~atioa of D~ ~ 1967 ba~d on U.S. ~~i~ ~ie~
~stratio~ ~es was 122,~8.
tO t~ s~ source ~ were ~,939 permament C~ residents ~
18.
19.
20.
9~,530 ~ ~fugees ~re d simee ~e. 1, 1965.
~ ~a of ¢~a is ~,2~ s~a~e miles. The area of ~da is 58,5~
T~ ion of ~ba acc %~ a U~d Nations e~~ in ~6~ was
~ R~ McNally A%l~ est~ate for ~r~ i~ 1965 was ~,~3,~.
Rand McN~ estimate for Fi~r~ is
T~ 1968
Co~d from t~ fo sources by
of ~rlda
Atlas