Deerfield Beach in Florida
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Deerfield Beach is a city in
Broward County ,
Florida , United States, just south of the
Palm Beach County line. The city is named for the numerous deer that once roamed the area. As of the
2010 United States Census , the population was 75,018. It is a principal city of the
Miami metropolitan area , which is home to an estimated 6,158,824 inhabitants as of 2017.
Deerfield Beach’s history dates to 1890 when a small settlement named Hillsborough was developed along the Hillsboro River. As the population grew to 20 by 1898, the settlement was now served by its own post office and the town was named Deerfield for the deer that grazed along the river.
Deerfield Beach pier from above © LuizCent/cc-by-sa-4.0
By the early 20th century, as the town’s population continued to grow, the
Florida East Coast Railroad constructed tracks en route to Miami bisecting Deerfield. Deerfield’s early settlers were mostly farmers who grew pineapples, tomatoes, green beans, squash and fished along the
Intracoastal Waterway . Deerfield remained a largely agricultural community, but in 1939 the town’s name was changed to Deerfield Beach to let tourists know it has a beach. In 1952, the original Deerfield Beach Pier was built of wood. The main points of interest are:
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