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 At Broward home seekers can search the BrowardBroward County Florida is close to sea level in
FL MLS to locate every Broward Florida home Forelevation averaging about 6 feet above sea level. It is
Sale listed by every Broward FL Realtor.rather new geologically and located at the eastern
Broward Unincorporated Areasedge of the Florida Platform, a carbonate plateau
Andytown :: Boulevard Gardens :: Broadview Park ::created millions of years ago. Broward County Florida
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport ::is composed of Oolite limestone while western
Franklin Park :: Hillsboro Pines :: Hillsboro Ranches ::Broward is composed mostly of Bryozoa. Broward is
Roosevelt Gardens :: Sunshine Acres :: Washingtonamong the last areas of Florida to be created and
Parkpopulated with fauna and flora, mostly in the
 Pleistocene. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the
Every Broward Home For Sale On The Browardcounty has a total area of 1,320 square miles (3,418
Florida MLS.km²).Approximately two-thirds—847 square miles
 (2,194 km²) -- of the county's area lies in an
About Broward County Floridaundeveloped Everglades conservation area. 1,205
Broward County is a county located in the U.S. statesquare miles (3,122 km²) of the county's area is land
of Florida. As of 2000, Broward Counties populationand 114 square miles (296 km²) of it is water. The
was 1,623,018; this made Broward County FL thetotal area is 8.66% water. Broward approved the
second most populated county in the state of Florida.construction of Osborne Reef, an artificial reef made
According to 2008 U.S. Census estimates Browardof tires off the Fort Lauderdale beach, but it has
County population has increased to 1,751,234. Browardproven an environmental disaster.Broward County
Counties county seat is located in Fort Lauderdale,History
Florida. Did you Know Broward County (16) sixteenthBroward County FL History
most populous county in the United States?Broward County Florida was created back in 1915. It
Broward County FL Points of interestwas named for Napoleon Bonaparte Broward,
Broward Florida boasts some of the most notableGovernor of Florida from 1905 to 1909. In 1915, Palm
attractions. The Museum of Discovery and Science isBeach County and Miami Dade County contributed
located in Ft. Lauderdale Florida. The Internationalnearly equal portions of land to create Broward
Swimming Hall of Fame is located near the AtlanticCounty. By the 1960s, Broward County Florida was
Ocean in Fort Lauderdale. The International Game Fishconsidered a leader in agriculture products and
Association has the Hall of Fame for Sport Fishing inservices within the State of Florida. The massive
Dania Beach. Flamingo Gardens is a botanical gardenbuildup of the South Florida region since the mid 1970s
and wildlife sanctuary. Butterfly World is located intransformed the south Florida region, evidenced by the
Coconut Creek. Sawgrass Mills, a large shopping mall,closure of the last major agriculture center within the
is located in Sunrise. Also, the NHL's Florida Pantherscounty (Waldrep Dairy Farm) in 2003. Broward County
play their games at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise.was one of the counties at the center of the 2000
There are also multiple entrances to Everglades parks.U.S. Presidential election recount controversy. In 2002
In Pompano Beach is the Festival Flea Market Mall,Broward County it began an aggressive campaign of
America's largest indoor flea market. Theplacing surveillance cameras along highways and
African-American Research Library & Culturaltraffic lights. Critics contend the cameras violate
Center in Fort Lauderdale boasts more than 75,000drivers' due process rights and two separate lawsuits
books and materials on the experiences of people ofhave been filed over their use, one in Aventura filed in
African descent in the Caribbean, Central and SouthFebruary, and one in Temple Terrace near Tampa,
America and the United States.Broward Countyfiled at the end of July.