Homestead in Florida
Monday, 27 September 2021 - 11:00 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika General , Miami / South Florida
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Homestead is a city within
Miami-Dade County in the
U.S. state of
Florida , between
Biscayne National Park to the east and
Everglades National Park to the west. Homestead is primarily a
Miami suburb and a major agricultural area. It is a principal city of the
Miami metropolitan area , which was home to an estimated 6,012,331 people at the 2015 census.
Homestead was incorporated in 1913 and is the second oldest city in Miami-Dade County next to the city of Miami. It is located approximately 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Miami, and 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Key Largo . The name originates from when the Florida East Coast Railway extension to Key West was being built. The rail line was passing through an area opened up for homesteading , and as the construction camp at the end of the line did not have a particular name, construction materials and supplies for the workers were consigned to “Homestead Country”, shortened to “Homestead” by the engineers who mapped the area. The population was 60,512 at the 2010 census . Homestead and neighboring South Miami-Dade County communities bore the brunt of Category 5 Hurricane Andrew on August 24, 1992.
Seminole Cafe and Hotel, included in the National Register of Historic Places © flickr.com - Phillip Pessar/cc-by-2.0
The city of Homestead is located near the southern terminus of the
Homestead Extension of Florida’s Turnpike where it ends at its junction with
U.S. 1 . Homestead is immediately north and east of
Florida City , and these two cities comprise the greater Homestead-Florida City area. Some of the notable unincorporated communities in the area are
Redland ,
Leisure City ,
Naranja , and
Princeton .
The original
Homestead Air Force Base was once located several miles to the northeast of Homestead, but due to annexation of formerly unincorporated land immediately to the east and northeast of the original city limits during the late-1990s the city and the far southwestern perimeter of the (now)
Homestead Air Reserve Base share a common border for a small portion along SW 137th Avenue (Speedway Boulevard).
A noteworthy tourist attraction within Leisure City is
Coral Castle , built by a jilted lover,
Edward Leedskalnin , over the course of 28 years from 1923 to 1951. The
Fruit and Spice Park is also of interest.
Read more on
Homestead ,
MiamiAndBeaches.com – Homestead and
Wikipedia Homestead (
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