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Tesco plc (/ ˈ t ɛ s. k oʊ /) is a British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, England. [8] The company was founded by Jack Cohen in Hackney, London, in 1919.
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Broward County (/ ˈ b r aʊ. ər d / BROURD) is a county in Florida, United States, located in the Miami metropolitan area.It is Florida's second-most populous county after Miami-Dade County and the 17th-most populous in the United States, with 1,944,375 residents as of the 2020 census. [7]
Genealogical Society of Broward County chartered. [12] 1983 - Municipal jail begins operating. [5] 1989 - Regional Tri-Rail begins operating. 1991 - Broward Center for the Performing Arts opens. 1992 - August: Hurricane Andrew occurs. [5] 1998 - City website online (approximate date). [13] [14] 1999 - Broward County Central Homeless Assistance ...
Fort Lauderdale (/ ˈ l ɔː d ər d eɪ l / LAW-dər-dayl) is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, 30 miles (48 km) north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean.It is the county seat of and most populous city in Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the 2020 census, [7] making it the tenth-most populous city in Florida.
The city was incorporated in 1911, and in 1915 was designated the county seat of newly formed Broward County. [1] Fort Lauderdale's first major development began in the 1920s, during the Florida land boom of the 1920s. The 1926 Miami Hurricane and the Great Depression of the 1930s caused a great deal of economic dislocation.
Tequesta Indians lived in the area. [12]The city's name is derived from the Florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus), a fish found off the Atlantic coast. [13]There had been scattered settlers in the area since at least the mid-1880s, but the first documented permanent residents of the Pompano area were George Butler and Frank Sheen and their families, who arrived in 1896 as railway employees. [3]
Coral Springs is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States.The city is located approximately 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Fort Lauderdale.As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 134,394.