Coral Springs

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Coral Springs
Coral Springs City Hall
Coral Springs City Hall
County and state location
Map of Florida highlighting Coral Springs.png
Basic data
Foundation : 1963
State : United States
State : Florida
County : Broward County
Coordinates : 26 ° 16 ′  N , 80 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 26 ° 16 ′  N , 80 ° 16 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 121,096 (as of 2010)
Population density : 1,956.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 62.5 km 2  (approx. 24 mi 2 ) of
which 61.9 km 2  (approx. 24 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 3 m
Postcodes : 33065, 33067, 33071, 33073, 33075-33077
Area code : +1 754, 954
FIPS : 12-14400
GNIS ID : 0307614
Website : www.coralsprings.org
Mayor : Walter G. "Skip" Campbell, Jr. ( D )

Coral Springs is a city in Broward County in the US state of Florida with 121,096 inhabitants (as of 2010).

geography

Coral Springs is located approximately 15 km northwest of Fort Lauderdale and 45 km north of Miami . Surrounding communities are Parkland , Coconut Creek , Margate , North Lauderdale, and Tamarac . To the west, the city borders the Everglades .

history

Before the city was founded in 1963, what is now the metropolitan area consisted of extensive, swampy wilderness in western Broward County. The land was gradually drained by its owner Henry "Bud" Lyons and used for growing beans. After his death, his children began to farm cattle and continued the drainage, which was supported by an extensive canal system in southern Florida.

After World War II , southern Florida experienced a huge real estate boom . In the late 1950s, land in eastern Broward County around Fort Lauderdale became scarce. Real estate companies looked for additional developable land further west. Although the area of ​​what is now Coral Spring was still quite swampy, it fit in perfectly with real estate agent James Hunt's vision of a city planned on the drawing board. His company Coral Ridge Properties bought 16 km² of land for $ 1 million and built three wooden huts there, into which four employees moved. This meant that the requirements in the state of Florida were met to be officially registered as a municipality. Registration took place on July 10, 1963.

In 1964 a project plan was developed for a city with over 50,000 inhabitants, which should consist of small neighborhoods throughout the city. In July of that year, 536 plots of land in the planned test-tube city were sold at a sales event. At the same time, the construction of the infrastructure and public buildings began. In a further sales event in early 1965, another 1,000 properties were sold. Hunts Coral Ridge Properties provided the city government. The city manager appointed by the company kept his position until 1974. In July 1965, the first 'real' residents came to Coral Springs. With the police chief and his assistant, the first city employees began their service that same month.

Two years later the city had a few hundred inhabitants, according to official figures there were around 1500 by 1970. There were now schools and the Coral Springs volunteer fire department . In the 1970s the city grew at a tremendous pace. In 1980 already 37,500 people lived here, another 5 years later the 50,000 mark was exceeded. Total assets in Coral Springs passed the $ 1 billion mark in 1983 . The growth continued: by 1990 the population grew to 82,000. In 2000 there were 116,000 with total assets of over $ 4.7 billion.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the then 121,096 inhabitants were distributed over 45,433 households. The population density was 1956.3 inh / km². 69.2% of the population identified themselves as white, 17.9% as African-American , 0.2% as Native American and 5.1% as Asian Americans . 4.3% said they belonged to another ethnic group and 3.3% to several ethnic groups. 23.5% of the population was made up of Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under the age of 18 and 17.1% of all households lived in 43.7% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 77.6% of the households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or one parent with offspring). The average household size was 2.89 people and the average family size was 3.25 people.

29.5% of the population were younger than 20 years, 33.4% were 20 to 39 years old, 32.0% were 40 to 59 years old, and 13.2% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 36.5 years. 48.1% of the population were male and 51.9% were female.

The median annual income was $ 70,610, with 8.1% of the population living below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the first language of 74.64% of the population, 15.01% spoke Spanish and 10.34% spoke another language.

schools

  • Coral Park Elementary School
  • Coral Springs Elementary School
  • Country Hills Elementary School
  • Eagle Ridge Elementary School
  • Forest Hills Elementary School
  • Hunt, James S. Elementary School
  • Maplewood Elementary School
  • Park Springs Elementary School
  • Parkside Elementary School
  • Ramblewood Elementary School
  • Riverside Elementary School
  • Westchester Elementary School
  • Coral Springs Middle School
  • Forest Glen Middle School
  • Ramblewood Middle School
  • Sawgrass Springs Middle School
  • Coral Glades High School
  • Coral Springs High School
  • Taravella, JP High School

Clinics

  • Coral Springs Medical Center

religion

Coral Springs currently has 31 different churches from 15 different denominations. Among the churches belonging to a denomination, the Baptist congregation is most strongly represented with 8 churches. There are 7 churches that do not belong to any denomination (status: 2004).

economy

The largest employers in 2018 were:

employer Workers
Broward County School Board 2252
First data 1617
Publix 1190
Coral Springs Medical Center 1152
City of Coal Springs 860
Walmart 846
Coral Springs Auto Mall 371
Target 307
Macy's 250
Sears 233

traffic

Coral Springs is crossed and tangent to US Highway 441 and Florida State Roads 7 , 814 , 817 and 869 ( Sawgrass Expressway , toll). The nearest airport is Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport .

crime

The crime rate in 2010 was 171 points (US average: 266 points) in the low range. There was one murder, eight rapes, 78 robberies, 174 physical injuries, 517 break-ins, 2,192 thefts, 175 car thefts and four arson attacks.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Coral Springs, Florida  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  2. ↑ Language distribution 2000 . Modern Language Association . Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  3. ↑ Coral Springs 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report , at www.coralsprings.org , accessed March 29, 2020
  4. ↑ http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Coral-Springs-Florida.html