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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.
Frank and Ivy Stranahan, founding pioneers of Fort Lauderdale and the first residents of Las Olas Boulevard. Their trading post Stranahan House is located between the boulevard and New River. Ivy established the first public school in Ft. Lauderdale and later donated the land which would eventually become Stranahan High School. [7]
Broward Boulevard is an 11.766 miles (18.936 km) [1] [2] long major east–west thoroughfare through Broward County, Florida, mostly designated State Road 842 (SR 842).The western terminus is an intersection with Commodore Drive in Plantation, and it continues east to U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Fort Lauderdale.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, unlike many cities in the United States, has an official program for recognizing official neighborhoods. Under the Neighborhood Organization Recognition Program, [ 1 ] over 60 distinct neighborhoods have received official recognition from the city.
See social media posts of flooding in South Florida from flash floods near Fort Lauderdale, Miami. Plus see damage in Jupiter from possible tornado.
The route extends from an intersection with Sunrise Boulevard near downtown Ft. Lauderdale, north to an intersection with Glades Road near Boca Raton. Like Military Trail ( SR 809 ) to the east, SR 845 is a major commuter highway paralleling Florida's Turnpike (SR 91) and Interstate 95 (I-95) and often used as an alternative for the often ...
Systems Engineering Laboratories was founded and incorporated in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1959, [1] [2] and were involved in the beginning of the breakout of minicomputers from 16-bit to larger architectures, with a 24-bit model in 1966.